Willie & Me
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Chapter Book · Ages 10–13 · 2015

Willie & Me

By Dan Gutman

Book #12 in the Baseball Card Adventures series

Time-traveling Stosh must fix baseball's past without altering a legend's future.

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Stosh thought his time-traveling days were over until Ralph Branca pleads for help. In 1951, Branca's pitch led to the infamous 'Shot Heard Round the World.' Accused of cheating, he needs Stosh to rewrite history. But changing the past risks erasing the future of a young Willie Mays. With the stakes high, Stosh must navigate the delicate balance of history, aided by wisdom from past adventures and unexpected allies. Can he set things right without unraveling the future? Join Stosh in a thrilling finale where every decision could alter the course of baseball history forever.

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With more than 1.5 million books sold, the Baseball Card Adventures series brings the greatest players in history to life. Featuring black-and-white photographs and stats throughout, plus back matter separating fact from fiction, Willie & Me is the perfect mix of history and action for every young baseball fan.Stosh thought he was finished traveling back in time. But then Ralph Branca shows up in his room one night, begging for Stosh’s help. In 1951, Branca pitched a ball to Bobby Thomson that would become the Shot Heard Round the World, a home run that won the National League pennant for the New York Giants and changed the lives of Branca and Thomson forever. Branca says the Giants were cheating, and he needs Stosh to use his power with baseball cards to go back in time and set things right.Stosh is determined to help, but he quickly learns that you can’t change just one little thing in history. If he erases the Shot Heard Round the World, he may forever alter the life of a young rookie named Willie Mays. With wisdom from all the players he has helped before–plus the surprise return of some familiar faces–Stosh uses his power to travel in time using baseball cards one last time in a fabulous finale to the adventure of a lifetime.Correlates to the Common Core State Standards in the English Language Arts

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Format
Paperback
Pages
176
Reading age
10–13
Audience
Middle Grade
Lexile
660L
Themes & topics
Books about baseballBooks about sports and recreationBooks about 20th centuryBooks about time travel
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Book details

Reading levels
ATOS
~4.3
F&P level
~P
Publication
Published
March 1, 2016
First published
March 3, 2015
Publisher
HarperCollins
Edition
Language
English
Type
Chapter Book
Identifiers
ISBN
9780061704062

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