Publisher Description
Home run slugger Sylvester Coddmyer the Third has an amazing secret. For three seasons, he's been coached by men who look exactly like baseball legends: Babe Ruth, Eddie Cicotte, and Mickey Mantle. Are these men just impersonating famous ballplayers, as his friend Duane insists? Or are they from the "beyond," as Snooky Malone believes? The mystery deepens in this fourth title of the exciting Home Run Kid series when yet another character from baseball's past appears to coach Syl. But is Syl the only one getting pointers? And will Snooky ever get to the bottom of this mystery?
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“Joshua Swanson’s young voice is fitting, providing variety in the character voices. Sound effects of cheering and cracking bats enliven the action...A solid bunt and base hit for sports fans.
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School Library Journal (audio review)
About the Authors
Matt
Christopher (1917–1997) was an American author of children’s books. He was a
gifted athlete as a youth and became interested in writing at age fourteen, but
it was 1941 before he sold his first story, “The Missing Finger Points,” to Detective Story magazine. His first
children’s book, The Lucky Baseball Bat,
was published in 1954. Christopher wrote more than one hundred books as well as nearly three hundred short stories and articles published in over sixty-five magazines for children
and adults. He was awarded the 1993 Milner Award and numerous writing honors
from state organizations.
Stephanie Peters is the versatile author and ghostwriter of more than sixty books for children, including the New York Times bestseller, A Princess Primer: A Fairy Godmother’s Guide to Being a Princess. Reviewers have praised her work as “inviting…playful and full of charm,” (Kirkus Reviews), “riveting” (Booklist), and “compelling” (School Library Journal). Peters spends her free time training for her black belt in karate, performing acts of home improvement, and hanging out with her children, Jackson and Chloe, and her husband, Dan. She and her family live in Mansfield, Massachusetts.
About Joshua Swanson
Joshua Swanson is an actor and voiceover talent. He’s worked in major motion pictures and television and as a voice talent has worked in all facets of the business. An award-winning audiobook narrator with over sixty titles to his name, Swanson has won five AudioFile Earphones Awards.