[Dan Gutman]Abner & Me (Baseball Card Adventures)(pdf){Zzzzz}

Cannons are blasting!
Bullets are flying!
Wounded soldiers are everywhere!

Stosh has time-traveled to 1863, right into the middle of the Civil War. In possibly his most exciting and definitely his most dangerous trip yet, Stosh has decided to answer the question for all time: did Abner Doubleday, a Civil War general, really invent the game of baseball?

It's all here: big laughs, dramatic action, fast baseball games in the middle of a battlefield. You'll be blown away by this sixth amazing baseball card adventure!

Publisher: HarperCollins (January 30, 2007)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0060534451
ISBN-13: 978-0060534455

Editorial Reviews
From Booklist
Gr. 5-8. Joe Stoshack knows that he can travel back in time when he holds the right baseball card. Now he wants to see if Abner Doubleday really invented baseball (he did not, of course), but this time it's a photo of Civil War general Doubleday that sends Stosh and his nurse mom back in history--to the Battle of Gettysburg. Before pulling out a card to get home, Stosh gets to see Union soldiers playing a pickup game, with different rules and antique, but quite recognizable nomenclature. Gutman reports on the battle matter-of-factly, even as the boy's mom saves a life in the hellish hospital quarters after the battle. Her quest to save Lincoln via time travel does not fare so well. Although lightweight for its heavy topic, fans of the Baseball Card Adventure series will still want to read this one. An author's note separates fact from fiction. GraceAnne DeCandido
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Review
“The fun, adventure, and mixing of fact and fiction of the series are all well presented here.…” (Voice of Youth Advocates (VOYA))

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

Gutman sneaks history past haters of history
By Big Daddy Geck-Mo on June 26, 2007
My 14-year-old son is a hater of history, and of reading for that matter. Typical. But he is a lover of sport, especially baseball. Sound like your boy? Well, read Dan Gutman's bio sheet. These words also describe his attitude as a boy. But the author has done us all a service by writing great adventures aimed at an audience reminiscent of young Dan. Satch and Me, Shoeless Joe and Me, Jackie and Me, Mickey and Me--my son read them all, and was excited to tell me about them. I would say it is important for the young reader to read at least one of these titles first before reading Abner and Me, which is a little less baseball adventure and a little more historical adventure. The protagonist, Stosh, this time goes back in time to the Civil War to learn if Abner Doubleday really invented the game of baseball. Along the way he learns of the heartache of a nation at war, the terror of the battlefield, the waste of a noble president's life. My son had just flunked his history test in a poorly taught class before reading Abner. Gutman has a way of pouring just enough history and social commentary into his books to sneak teaching past his unsuspecting reader. As a parent of a non-academic boy, I say Gutman should be praised for his service.

A general who liked to have fun
A Kid's Review on May 30, 2006
I highly recommend this book to anyone who likes, or has an interest in baseball. This is because it gives information on someone who might have had invented baseball. There were many surprises in the story, but I will only tell one of them. I was surprised that Abner did not know anything about baseball, if I were to write the book I would have put that Abner did invent baseball. I feel that this book is definitely a page-turner kind of book because every chapter, every page, every paragraph was so interesting you would not want to put it down. All in all, I think this one of the greatest books I have ever read.