Magic Tree House #29: A Big Day for Baseball

by Mary Pope Osborne

Other authorsAG Ford (Illustrator)
Hardcover, 2017

Status

Available

Local notes

Fic Osb

Barcode

6003

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Genres

Publication

Random House Books for Young Readers (2017), 96 pages

Description

"Jack and Annie use the magic tree house to travel back in time to 1947 Brooklyn, New York, where they pretend to be batboys at Jackie Robinson's first game with the Brooklyn Dodgers against the Boston Braves"--

Language

Original language

English

Physical description

96 p.; 5.81 inches

User reviews

LibraryThing member benuathanasia
I enjoy watching the kids "fail" - it's more realistic that way. Of course, their failures always turn out to be exactly what's needed, but oh, well.
I was hoping it would turn out Otis was the person who would get the ball and he'd turn out to be a famous baseball player who was later inspired by
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Jack and Annie. I was disappointed in this respect, but it was still a good book that dealt with bravery and racism without getting preachy.
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Pages

96

Rating

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