Best-selling author Dan Gutman delights young readers with the what-if appeal and gentle humor of his Baseball Card Adventures, featuring a time-travelling boy who loves baseball. When Stosh travels into the past to meet Roberto Clemente, a legendary ballplayer and a beloved humanitarian, he's got only one goal-to warn Roberto not to get on the doomed plane that will end his life in a terrible crash. "This series entry is both amusing and informative."-Booklist
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"Jackie and Me is a great book I'm reading currently for class. A boy name Joe Stoshack can travel through time. He takes a Jackie Robinson baseball card and feels a tingling sensation in order to go back and meet Jackie Robinson. Only his mom and dad Know about his special gift. Read the book to find out what happens next!!!!"
— Tyra (5 out of 5 stars)
“This is a great book for reluctant readers and baseball fans.”
— VOYA“The story is fast paced and should hold a boy’s interest.”
— Children’s Literature“This series entry is both amusing and informative.”
— Booklist“Just the right blend of action and information.”
— Kirkus Reviews" Listened to the audiobook. Lots of suspense - couldn't wait to hear more...excellent way for students to "experience" part of our history -and learn what segregation was really like... "
— Jeanette, 2/19/2014" Jackie and Me was a pretty good book, but a little short. I learned from this book that it dosen't matter what skin color you are that you should treat everyone equal. "
— Stephanie, 1/5/2014" One of Gutman's charming Baseball Card Adventures series. Joe uses baseball cards to travel through time. To complete a school project he returns to 1947 to meet Jackie Robinson. A great mixture of sports, science fiction, and historical fiction. Boys will love this series. "
— Dayna, 12/28/2013" Sean Madigan says, "It was a good book because it is a sports book, and I highly recommend it to my classmates. The book is about a kid who travels through time with baseball cards of the player's rookie year. I liked the book because it showed a lot of details and I liked the story. All sports fans should read it!" "
— Mrs., 12/25/2013" i really like this book im not really a big baseball fan but i loved this book "
— Grady, 12/23/2013" The main character is able to time travel using baseball cards. He's assigned a research report to do & he chooses Jackie Robinson as his subject & then heads back to 1947 to investigate. Pretty good. "
— Lora, 12/12/2013" i read this book following the seris and i liked it 2 "
— Luis, 12/10/2013" I really like it. It made me want to keep reading because it was pretty intese "
— Riley, 11/25/2013" This book is one in a series of Baseball Card mysteries by Dan Gutman. Also read Babe and Me, Shoeless Joe and Me, and Mickey and Me. NB "
— Horace, 11/23/2013" The book Jackie and Me written by Dan Gutman takes place in Louisville, Kentucky. "
— 04dakotac, 11/17/2013" Cute and unobtrusive conceit allows kids to learn and relate to historical topics. "
— Christine, 8/20/2013" It was interesting but not a book that I would recommend. I am not really into sports stories. "
— Reilly, 8/2/2013" The Great Jackie Robinson. This book tells you some facts about how Robinson broke the color barrier and how some good adventure very good book. "
— Isaac, 2/7/2013" This was a really great tribute to Jackie Robinson's character. He was an admirable and honorable man. "
— Christine, 11/30/2012" This was another amazing book. I learned more about jackie Robinson than I thought i would by reading a baseball book. I think sports people would really like this book. "
— Austin, 6/29/2012" this book was good and it kinda let me learn more about jackie robinson and how he was the first arfican american to ever play baseball!! It was a good book i would recomend this book to people who like baseball. "
— irockursocks, 1/15/2012" it had some words that were at a higher vocab level than i was at when i read this book. "
— Nigger, 12/31/2011" New Jersey author. Boy uses time travel to learn about Jackie Robinson experiences. changes in past affect future (Flip, baseball card owner) "
— Esutterlin, 11/5/2011" MUCHO BUENO!!! Awesome book showing how Jackie and other African Americans fought hard to success in baseball. If you read Babe & Me, I am pretty sure the Protagonist goes back to return something to Jackie Robinson. "
— DaNiEL, 10/13/2011" this book is about a kid and baseball player named satch "
— Brian, 8/9/2011" it was good too but i read them all out of order thats o.k. though "
— Grace, 4/10/2011" I thought this was a great book. It was one that foreshadowed after every chapter. It made me want to keep reading. I think anyone who like baseball or historical fiction would like this book. "
— Austin, 3/18/2011" I learned that you should make good choices in life and never screw it up. "
— Benjamin, 6/16/2010" I read this book to help my son with his book report. I really enjoyed it! There was just enough history mixed with action and a fast moving plot that I read it in an afternoon! I am not a big baseball fan, but found myself wanting to read some of the other books in the series! "
— Jamie, 3/26/2010" gOOD BOOKO DONT REMEMBER IT WELL <br/> "
— irockursocks, 12/15/2009" This one is on Oklahoma's Master List for the Sequoyah Award, chosen by school children in grades 3 through 6. It's an excellent choice for boys who love baseball. "
— babyhippoface, 7/6/2008Dan Gutman is the bestselling author of the several series of books for children, including the Genius Files, the Baseball Card Adventures, the My Weird School series, and others. His Honus & Me was adapted into a made-for-television movie called The Winning Season. Visit him on his weird website at www.DanGutman.com.
Johnny Heller, winner of numerous Earphones and Audie Awards, was named a “Golden Voice” by AudioFile magazine in 2019. He has been a Publishers Weekly Listen-Up Award winner from 2008 through 2013 and he has been named a top voice of 2008 and 2009 and selected as one of the Top 50 Narrators of the Twentieth Century by AudioFile magazine.