Now batting third—book #3 in a brand-new early chapter book mystery series where each book is set in a different American ballpark! It's spring break and Kate and Mike are off to Los Angeles to visit Kate's dad, a scout for the Dodgers. But all is not sunny in L.A.—strange things have been happening to Kate's dad. Pages have gone missing from his clipboard. He's gotten threatening phone calls. And he thinks he's being followed! Is someone after Mr. Hopkins's top secret scouting reports? The L.A. Dodger includes a fun fact page about Los Angeles's Dodger Stadium. Cross Ron Roy's A to Z mystery series with Matt Christopher's sports books and you get the Ballpark Mysteries: fun, puzzling whodunnits aimed at the younger brothers and sisters of John Feinstein's fans.
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"I really like this series. The books are cute, it's about baseball (almost an instant win), and there's just a lot of fun stuff here. This is another great entry in the series, and I'm really glad to see that more of them continue to come around."
— Jeff (4 out of 5 stars)
" Why did the guy do this to Kate's dad? "
— Payton, 10/11/2013" This book is about Mike and Katie who are cousins and take a trip to L.A. to see Katie's dad. There they find a mystery that needs solving. I would let my students read this because it is a good book to help them develop their reading skills. "
— Kayla, 8/2/2013" Another great ballpark mystery that teaches some great facts about the team, the ballpark, and the LA area. "
— Deb, 5/15/2013" Kate's Dad's scouting reports are missing; Kate's notebook is missing. What is going on in LA? "Leave your job with the Dodgers or there'll be trouble." Who is the mysterious man and why is he trying to get Kate's Dad out of the Dodger organization? Another good mystery for early readers. "
— Diane, 5/14/2013David A. Kelly is a former Little League right fielder. These days, he lives fifteen minutes from Fenway Park in Newton, Massachusetts. David has written many sports books for children, including Babe Ruth and the Baseball Curse and the Ballpark Mysteries series.
Marc Cashman, Earphones Award–winning narrator, was named one of the “Best Voices of the Year” by AudioFile magazine. His voice can be heard on radio, television, film, and video games. He also instructs voice actors through his classes, The Cashman Cache of Voice-Acting Techniques, in Los Angeles.