Title: Babe and Me
Author: Dan Gutman
Genre: Contempary Realistic Fiction
Age level: 4th-8th
Summary: Babe and Me is about a boy named Joe who can travel back in time using baseball cards. His father and mother are divorced and his father doesn't have that much money. The boy and the father come up with a plan to make money. They decide that they will go back in time and get Babe Ruth's autograph since it is worth a lot of money. Along the way they find out that Babe is a nice man and has a good heart. Since Babe visits a man's son that likes Babe and is in the hospital and is sick. And the Joe gets to see Babe Ruth's famous called shot and that is another reason that he wanted to travel back in time. This book takes place in the Great Depression. This is a good read especially if you are a baseball fan. I think this book would appeal to the boys in your class and it could be a good way to make them pick up a book and start reading.
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