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, 8/20/2013Dan 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.