
Title | : | Ballpark Mysteries #1: The Fenway Foul-up |
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ISBN | : | 0375867031 |
ISBN-10 | : | 978-0375867033 |
Language | : | English |
Format Type | : | and 1 more , Kindle, Library Binding, Paperback |
Number of Pages | : | 112 pages |
Publication | : | Random House Books for Young Readers |
Thanks to Kate's mom, a sports reporter, cousins Mike Walsh and Kate Hopkins have tickets to the Red Sox game and All Access passes to Fenway Park. But as they're watching batting practice before the game, the lucky bat of Red Sox star slugger Big D is stolen. right in front of dozens of people. Without the bat, Big D can't seem to hit a thing. Can Kate and Mike figure out who pinched the bat before Big D and the Sox chalk up a loss?
The Fenway Foul Up includes a fun fact page about Boston's Fenway Park.
Cross Ron Roy's mystery series with Matt Christopher's sports books and you get the Ballpark Mysteries: fun, puzzling whodunnits aimed right at beginning readers.
Ballpark Mysteries #1: The Fenway Foul-up Reviews
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My son loved this book! It's hard to entice him in to a "plain black and white" chapter book, as he loves graphic novels. But once I bribed him to read this first chapter of this book, he couldn't put it down! He has read two others, and put them on his Christmas list. I
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I just finished reading this book with my 8 year old grandson and he loved it! We highly recommend this book!
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This is a great book if your kid likes mystery books and/or baseball. It takes place at a real place (Fenway) and describes many of the peculiarities that are specific to the park. The main characters are two kids who have access to the park through a parent who works
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The mystery was good. We liked guessing who stole Big D’s bat. It was fun to read about Boston’s Fenway park where my grandparents used to live.
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A perfect read for my 8 year old son. He is a fan of mysteries and baseball. Stayed in the car to finish it that is when I know it is good! A good length as a read alone. He was interested in the plot and was able to make a good guess at solving the mystery after reading
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Bought this for one of my 7 year oldgrandson for Christmas and he hasn't gotten it yet BUT this is actually the 2nd one I have purchased. Bought it last year for another grandson and he liked it. Just starting to read Chapter books and this seemed to hold his interest.
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The Ballpark Mysteries series is the perfect series for a young boy who is obsessed with baseball. He was so excited to read these books and finished them in no time! I didn't read this myself, but according to him it was a very good book. It has since been passed down to
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My son is 7 years old, and LOVES baseball. I could not get him interested in a book to read for the longest time until I found this series. He is currently reading Fenway Foul Up and will be doing a book report on it at school. Next on his list is the Dodger book