Ray & Me

Informationen zum Autor Dan Gutman is the New York Times bestselling author of the Genius Files series; the Baseball Card Adventure series, which has sold more than 1.5 million copies around the world; and the My Weird School series, which has sold more than 36 million copies. Thanks to his many fans who voted in their classrooms, Dan has received nineteen state book awards and ninety-two state book award nominations. He lives in New York City with his wife. You can visit him online at dangutman.com. Klappentext The ball hit me. It sounded like a bomb going off in my head. Everything went dark. The last thing I remember was hearing somebody yell, "Call 911!" When Stosh gets hit in the head with a baseball, he's lucky to survive. Then he learns about another player who wasn't so lucky—Ray Chapman, the only player in major league history to get hit by a ball and die. If only they'd had batting helmets back then . . . Get ready to go back in time as Stosh travels to 1920 to try to save Ray—and meets Babe Ruth, Tris Speaker, and even Harry Houdini. This baseball card adventure is a wild ride to a moment that changed baseball history forever! Zusammenfassung The ball hit me. It sounded like a bomb going off in my head. Everything went dark. The last thing I remember was hearing somebody yell! "Call 911!" When Stosh gets hit in the head with a baseball! he's lucky to survive. Then he learns about another player who wasn't so lucky—Ray Chapman! the only player in major league history to get hit by a ball and die. If only they'd had batting helmets back then . . . Get ready to go back in time as Stosh travels to 1920 to try to save Ray—and meets Babe Ruth! Tris Speaker! and even Harry Houdini. This baseball card adventure is a wild ride to a moment that changed baseball history forever!

Product details

• Authors: Dan Gutman
• Publisher: Harper Collins Usa
• Languages: English
• Age Recommendation: ages 8 to 12
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 24.02.2009
• EAN: 9780061234811
• ISBN: 978-0-06-123481-1
• No. of pages: 192
• Series: Baseball Card Adventures; Baseball Card Adventures
• Subjects: Children's and young people's books; JUVENILE FICTION: Sports & Recreation / Baseball & Softball, JUVENILE FICTION: Action & Adventure / General, JUVENILE FICTION: Social Themes / Friendship, JUVENILE FICTION: Boys & Men, JUVENILE FICTION: Historical / United States / 20th Century, JUVENILE FICTION: Biographical / United States, JUVENILE FICTION: Social Themes / Prejudice & Racism, JUVENILE FICTION: Science Fiction / Time Travel, JUVENILE FICTION: Historical / Military & Wars, JUVENILE FICTION: Native American