The sponsor of his baseball team tells Stosh about the bum rap Shoeless Joe Jackson got for his part in the scheme to fix the 1919 World Series. Now Stosh decides to use his special talent of traveling back in time to warn Jackson against becoming involved. The trouble is, some vicious gangsters stand to make a bunch of money if the fix is on-and they'll do anything to keep Stosh from interfering. Popular author Dan Gutman's previous Baseball Card Adventures include Honus & Me and Babe & Me.
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"What a nice little book. I like the way it incoporates true facts and the events that surround the World Series of 1919. I know that many young lovers of baseball will enjoy this one. "
— Heather (4 out of 5 stars)
" Reading this book right now and so far it is very intersting. The story has a good theme. I wish that there was more problems in the story but the book is still good. Rated 3 "
— Christian, 5/31/2011" it was good i read it a long time ago "
— Grace, 4/10/2011" I thought this was amazing. It was the first book of this series that I read and this made me want to read them all. "
— Austin, 3/23/2011" I really liked this book along with all the others in the series. If you are a baseball fan, then I really reccomend it. "
— Chad, 1/1/2011" Listened to this on our trip. It is a fun book and sparked quite a conversation in the car about baseball scandals and gambling on games. "
— Kristen, 7/26/2010" this was another good baseball card adventures book that showed how Joe played for the love of the game and not for money "
— Tstrubi, 7/4/2010" This book is a great look into the infamous Black Soxs scandal. My students recommended it and, I thought it was a fun and informative. Great for baseball fans!! "
— Natalie, 3/8/2010" Definitely not my top choice of books to read but I'm finding it's best if I read the book report books so I can help out. This one was actually kind of cute - didn't mind reading this one as opposed to some of the others I've had to suffer through. "
— Laura, 2/24/2010" AWESOME BOOK!! it was soo good i wanted to read more "
— irockursocks, 12/15/2009Dan 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.