Following up on his successful Honus & Me, Gutman has brought back time traveling Joe Stoshack. This time, he goes back to 1947 to meet Jackie Robinson-and when he arrives, Joe is an African American kid. Gutman uses this plot technique to show the reader the kinds of prejudice Robinson endured. In turn, Robinson teaches Joe, through example, that no one can make you feel inferior without your permission. The story is simple yet rewarding, a good bet for a reluctant reader who loves baseball or collects sports cards.

The continuation of a series that is hitting .400

This is it! Being a mother and a teacher, I have always wished my son would be more interested in reading. Finally I have found a book that Evan is enjoying so much that I have ordered another book from this series before he has finished this one. Bravo Dan Gutman!

Although I haven't read Jackie and me, I feel like I have. My son has been saying quite frequently, "Hey, listen to this." The book presents the unfair treatment of African Americans in a way that involves the reader. Evan has been told many times about slavery, segregation, and civil rights. He understood the information, but,until now I think he felt no empathy for those who were treated so unfairly.

If you have a child who enjoys baseball--get this book. Dan Gutman, thank you so much.

What a joy to read this book to my six-year old son, Matt! It was his first chapter book. He was captivated by the story of a boy who travels back in time to meet Jackie Robinson. The young protagonist (Joe Stoshack) experiences racism firsthand and learns a very valuable lesson by Robinson's example. A well-written, engaging book especially for kids who love baseball.

HI! I AM A 8TH GRADER AT A MIDDLE SCHOOL IN KENTUCKY AND I JUST GOT THROUGH READING THE BOOK " THE KID WHO BECAME PESIDENT " AND I REALLY ENJOYED THE BOOK . EVEN THOUGH U WOULD THINK IT IS NOT A EDUCATIONAL BOOK IT IS . IT TELLS ALOT OF THINGS U WOULD WANT TO LEARN ABOUT THE WHITE HOUSE AND WHO SOME OF THE PEOPLE ARE IN THE WHITE HOUSE AND WHAT THERE JOB'S ARE . NOW I WOULD RANK IT A 5 STAR BOOK BECAUSE IT IS NOT ONLY A EDUCATIONAL BOOK BUT IT IS REALLY ENJOYABLE TO READ AND IF WANT TO LEARN WHILE HAVING FUN THEN THIS SHOULD BE THE BOOK TO GET AT YOUR SCHOOL LIBRARY OR AT YOUR PUBLIC LIBRARY ANYTIME. GET OUT AND READ AND MAKE SURE YOU PUT THIS ONE ON YOUR LIST TO READ!

when you read the kid who ran for president, you were probably wonder "there has got to be a sequel, hasn't there?". well, you couldn't have been more right. this is a sequel and more. if you haven't read the first one DON'T READ THE NEXT SENTENCES UNTIL YOU SEE ALOT OF ARROWS (DON'T WANNA RUIN IT FOR YOU!) If you've read the kid who ran for president, you are thinking, didn't he reject presidency?? Well, guess who reconsidered?

>>>>>>>>> This is one of the very few books i will read in my free time! and trust me..i am a VERY VERY VERY VVEERRYY picky reader!! This is also a great book for teachers reading to their students. so go ahead, buy multiple copies! you won't be sorry!

If you don't want to read the whole review or don't want even the smallest secret revealed, here is an overview: Summary: Judson Moon, a thirteen year old, becomes President, only to be surprised about the realities of the Presidency. Grade: I have given this book a 96%, which is an A. Recommendations: Great for anybody who can understand politics and the effect the media has on it. 11 or 12 years of age would be a good minimum. Reading Level: The prologue rated 6.0 on the Flesch-Kincaid Scale, which indicates a grade 6 reading level. Further Reading: May I also suggest "The Kid Who Ran for President" by Dan Gutman, the prequel to this book.

"The Kid Who Became President" by Dan Gutman is an interesting book about a thirteen year-old boy named Judson Moon who becomes President after a grueling campaign of how he didn't know enough about politics to screw up the economy, raise taxes, etc. January 20, 2001 approaches, and he isn't too sure about being inaugurated as President of the entire United States of America. Would you want to be responsible for 281 million people? As he isn't married, he chooses one of his girlfriends to be "first babe" / lady. When she hears that he is thinking about resigning before he is even inaugurated, she gets very angry.

Ms. June Syers, Moon's babysitter from when he was younger, is his running mate as vice-President. Moon's Inaugural Address only proves his lack of political knowledge:

"...I'm not a Republican, so you Democrats have no reason to oppose me. I'm not a Democrat, so you Republicans have no reason to oppose me. But if we all work together, we can guide our nation into this new century.... Together we can put an end to crime, an end to poverty, an end to unemployment, an end to inflation, an end to peace in the world...." (Apparently, he had skipped a line in his speech, as there was a loud gasp from the crowd).

During his first week of presidency, Moon invites his seventh-grade class for an exclusive tour of the white house. He shows them all around, and they were all very amazed. However, the students started to get rowdy, so they had to walk an underground tunnel to a nearby swimming pool, where they are still as rowdy as ever, perhaps more, as they push Moon's personal bodyguard, Secret Service Agent John Doe (that is his real name) into the pool. The next morning, the event is all over the front page of national newspapers.

Early in his first year in office President Moon meets Supreme Ruler Raul Trujillo, the dictator who runs Cantania, at Moon's first state dinner. How unfortunate it was that the United States' decision to elect Moon insulted Trujillo. "I see the United States has sent a boy to do a man's job."

On Christmas Eve night, Moon is awakened by vice-President June Syers. He thinks that she is Santa Claus and goes back to sleep. When he hears that it is a national emergency, he groggily walks down to meet with everyone else. Cantanian troops are bordering Boraguay!

It just so happens that Trujillo is behind all of this, just to make things miserable for Moon. After they decide to meet privately on a cruise ship halfway between the United States and Cantania, Moon and Trujillo agree on playing a video game (I know it sounds out of context, but bear with me). If Moon wins the video game, Trujillo is forced to retreat. If Trujillo wins, however, Moon is forced to sit back and watch Boraguay be "blown to bits", so to speak.

Moon, being a teenager, is very good at video games, however there is one drawback-Trujillo gets to choose the game. Trujillo chooses a game made by a Cantanian game-maker called "World War IV." The two players are the United States of America and Cantania. The object is-total nuclear annihilation.

Each player has one hundred nuclear missiles and one movable "umbrella" that could be used to block incoming missiles. The game is very high-paced and there are advantages to each side-the United States is bigger, so it takes about fifty missiles to destroy it, while Cantania is smaller. It may take only two or three missiles to destroy Cantania, but there is less land to defend. Trujillo had played against his son for many years and had become good at it.

After an agreed-upon practice round, Moon stares at the screen, awestruck, that he was beaten. After a bit of strategic thinking, Moon tells Trujillo to reset the game-because this time it's for real!

Will Boraguay be "blown to bits"? or will Trujillo lose and continue to be angry? Will Moon assume that every problem is this easy to fix and that he really wants to be re-elected for a second term? or will he be under so much pressure that he quits even before his first term ends? Find out all of this and more by reading "The Kid Who Became President" by Dan Gutman. It's a really great book!

"Alice In Lace" is about a young girl named Alice Mckinley who gets assigned a prodject in her health class. Her task is to plan a wedding, honeymoon, buy a house, and buy furniture for the house. Her partner for this assignment in Patrick who she secretly loves. While this prodject is happening her father and older brother and chasing there sole mates. Her best friends are also assigned tasks like, buying a car, getting pregnant, and other real life problems that they might face as adults. As i was reading this book i kept relating this book to another book called "Are you there god its me Margret?" They both have to do with growing up and maturity. This book is good to read because it deals with relationships between friends and boyfriends and that is good for young women to turn to if they have ant problems with they way their relationships are going.

"Alice in Lace" was another great novel on Alice McKinley, an ordinary 13 year-old girl.

In this novel, Alice and Patrick are getting married, Pamela is pregnant, and Elizabeth is buying a car. Not to mention Karen shoplifting and Jill burying her grandmother! What? Well, it's all part of the Critical Choices unit in Alice's 8th grade class: everyone receives a hypothetical situation and solves it.

This book was filled with humor, especially when Alice and her friends try to solve their situations! Teenages can really relate to this book. :) Be sure to read all of the other "Alice" books!

As Alice begins the eighth grade, she suddenly finds herself planning her own wedding. In heath class, Alice and her friends are given hypothetical situations to help them make wise decisions. Some students "became" pregnant, planned a wedding, bought a car, planned a funeral, and received a DWI. As the story progresses, the eighth graders realize that their assignment in health class becomes a reality shock. As part of their assignment, they had to experience their situations fully. Alice comes to realize that eighth grade is exciting yet complicated. Complications include trying to plan a wedding with the absence of her mother and learning something about her last year's English teacher, Ms. Summers, who is dating her father. Some exciting events were when one of her brother's old girlfriends makes a surprising announcement and a new person arrives. This is a great book; it gives students insight and connections to the real world. By reading the book, the reader can become part of the eighth grade health class. The book is very easy to read and keeps you on your toes. You will not want to put it down! This book would be interesting to students in seventh and eighth grades. Parents and teachers could use Alice In Lace to bring the awareness to the students about what lies beyond the classroom. In the classroom, teachers could promote social relationships, math, art, music, and geography.

An experienced, very good baseball team made up of some kids finds themselves facing against a group of aliens! The kids think that winning will be no sweat, but boy are they wrong! This is the alien's first time playing baseball, but they sure are good! The kid's begin to think that there is no way they are going to win. By then, it is getting late and the aliens say they have to be getting home. Then the kids think up a very clever way of winning, but I'm not going to tell you how they won. Well, because they won, they win a ride in the alien's spaceship! This is an incredible, non-forgetable book! It is also very easy to read- I read it in about 40 minutes.

It all starts when some kids are playing baseball. They see something wierd and decide to investigate. They find some aliens. The aliens want to play baseball. If the aliens lose the kids get a ride in one of their spaceships. The kids accept because they don't think they can lose. They can't lose? Boy are they in for a surprise! A double surprise! If you liked this book, tell your friends about it; share the excitement! I think this book was great and if you do..well you know a good book ought not be wasted!

I first read it when I was about twelve and absolutely loved it. I liked the characters, which is really what makes me think a book is good, rather than the storyline, but in this case I liked both. Okay, so I'm a bit too old for it now, but it's still one of my favourites.

I read the book Baseball's Biggest Bloopers The Games That Got Away by Dan Gutman. This book was about players that blew it big time! Many of thwe games lost the World Series for the team. But somtimes it just lost the game and the team came back and won the Series. In this book there are 12 humiliating stories that will make even you, fell bad for the players. My favorite story was Herb Washington Designated Pick-Off Victim. It was about an olympic runner that was taken to the Oakland A's. When he got to the Statdium he didn't even know how to play baseball, and teh A's tought him how to paly and then n one game he got picked-off. I would recommend this book to anyone that likes baseball or any sports.

Baseball is a tough sport to play sometimes. Many times players make mistakes called bloopers. These bloopers you see in almost every game. Sometimes they cost a regular game, a pennant, or to make it worse the world series! This book has tons of it. It talks about players who mess up the game so bad they have the rest of their life to think what they did wrong! You will enjoy this book so much that once you done reading, you can't stop! So buy this book. It's called Baseballs biggest bloopers the games that got away. This will be one of the greatest baseball books you will ever get!

I believe that Cal Ripken Jr. was one of the greatest baseball players to ever play the game. I think that the novel, "Cal Ripken, Jr. My Story" by Cal Ripken Jr. and Mike Bryan, gives a great idea of the hardwork that Cal Ripken Jr. put in to become a Major League Baseball player. This novel was a great book and I would recommend it to anyone. I thought the book was great because the book gave a very realistic view of how hard it is to make to the Major league. Plus it showed how dedicated Cal was. He spent many years in the minors before he finally made it to the majors. Plus I also like how the book didn't concentrate on Cal's baseball career. They talked about his childhood and how their father, who was coach of the Orioles at one point, wasn't around most of the time. Overall the book gave a great biography of Cal Ripken Jr. and that is why I think the book is good.

This is one of my favorite books! I love it! Especially because it's an autobiography. I love reading them. That's right folks! Cal Ripken Jr., and one of his friends wrote this book! I don't know why it isn't a best-selling book. Anyway, this book is very factual. I was just begining to become a Cal Ripken Jr. fan, and thought that this would be a great place to start! It covers his whole life up until 1999, which is when the book was published. Cal Ripken Jr.'s life had many ups and downs. I enjoyed reading this book very much! Thhis book is a must for any Baseball, Orioles, or Cal Ripken Jr. fan! I wish I could have given this book a million stars. After I read this book, I had just one thing to say. CAL RIPKEN JUNIOR IS A STAR!

Another great book by another great author. I loved Honus and Me and Babe and Me. Even if you dont like baseball I highly encourage you to read this book. Not only is it exciting and adventuresome, it teaches the facts about life. When he travels back in time to the date of history is so cool. This book hits a HOMERUN!!!!!!

I think thise is a great book because they go back in time with old baseball cards.
The best part is when Babe Ruth was in his third game of the world series. He pointed at center field and he hit a homerun right there.
I think you will like to read this book because it is fun going back in time.

The idea of traveling back in time to meet Babe Ruth is certainly a neat idea, especially if the goal is to find out whether the Babe really did call his shot in Game 3 of the 1932 World Series against the cubs. Author Dan Gutman does work into the fuzzy home movie someone found a few years ago of Ruth at the plate gesturing (apparently towards the Cubs dugout on the third base side rather than to the centerfield bleachers), but that does not take away from the fun. "Babe & Me" is the fourth of Gutman's Baseball Card Adventures involving Joe Stoshack, who has discovered that when he holds an old baseball card in his hand he can travel back in time. This first happened with the infamous 1909 T-206 Honus Wagner card, the most valuable baseball card in the world. Joe has also gone back to visit Jackie Robinson and Shoeless Joe Jackson.

However, what proves to be interesting about this book is that Gutman provides some interesting layers. Joe's parents are divorced and when his father loses his job and wants to take back the 1932 Babe Ruth card he gave his son, Joe comes up with the idea of going back to 1932 and picking up some cards to bring back and make money. Joe's father will be going back as well and has in mind pretty much every scheme you could imagine involving time travel to 1932 to visit Babe Ruth. But this book is about more than baseball, because 1932 is the height of the Great Depression, Franklin Roosevelt is running for president, and Germany is about to make Adolf Hitler chancellor. Gutman takes pains to get both the period and the personality of Babe Ruth right. In both regards, he does a fine job and the issues that exist between Joe and his father also make this more than just some cute time travel story.

In fact, the only thing that seems to be missing from the main event is that the Babe and the other Yankees were upset that former teammate Mark Koenig was getting a raw deal from the Cubs regarding his World Series share. If I remember correctly, that was the main reason that Babe and the Cubs were going back and forth during the first half of that game on October 1, 1932. Did Babe Ruth call the shot or not? Well, if you have ever seen "The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance" then you know what the newspaper editor said about what happens when truth contradicts legend. Gutman covers all the bases by including a section at the end of his book that includes quotes from 20 people who were there (including Koenig) as to what they think happened. "Babe & Me" is an entertaining and thoughtful book, which is going to teach kids as much about the times in 1932 as it will about the Babe and his called shot.

THIS IS A REALLY BAD BOOK I DONT RECOMMEND IT AT ALL.USUALLY I LIKE DAN GUTMAN BOOKS BUT THIS TIME I DIDN'T.IN SOME PARTS OF THIS BOOK I REALLY LIKE BUT THERE OTHER ONE'S THAT ARE REALLY BAD.YOU MIGHT LIKE THIS BOOK THOUGH.

I liked this book. It is about a kid named Yip who creates a virtual charector on his dads software with the help of his sister. This virtual kid, whom Yip and Page Victor, is very smart and (thanks to Paige) good-looking. Victor can talk, see through the screen, and hear. Because he is so smart, Victor figures out how to get out of the computer into the real world with Yip's help. (not a good idea, on Yip's part) It seemed that Victor is perfect. But thanks to Paige, he has no conscience. (Paige deleted some books on right and wrong to make room for his good looks)What will he do, released in the real world?

In this thrilling tale, 12 year old Yip uses his dad's computer to create a virtual human named Victor. However, Yip has other things in mind beside being Yip's friend... read to find out in this excellent story!

Well, if anyone was still putting major leaguers on a pedestal, this book would cure them. _Baseball Babylon_ is a well-organized compendium of stories and lists concerning the game's sexual misadventures, suicides, murders, accidental deaths, fisticuffs, substance abuse problems, and criminal activity up through 1992.

Based on its take on certain events I think the book is at the right level of credulity; Gutman has the honesty to admit when he doesn't know for sure what happened, and he clearly did copious research. While it's a fairly depressing read (which shouldn't be held against it; that, after all, is its topic), a lot of people will find it morbidly fascinating. Of particular value is Gutman's follow-through with regard to a given story; he made the effort to find out, for example, how Ryne Duren's story of a career lost in a bottle ultimately ended. Like life, some are happy and others are tragic.

Probably a good value for those ready to hear the proof that ballplayers are, like the rest of us, only human.

Sure, many people want shoeless joe and pete rose in the hall of fame. But they aren't, and here are some reasons why. The author provides indepth analysis on the scandal of 1919 and other 'sins' of baseball. An inside look on what you never new. Easy to follow, not boring at all.

An enchanting picure book focusing on the Amish way of life, with a particular O.Henry variation on "The Gift of the Magi" ending. The illustrations by the Welsh artist are the focus of the story, which was written by Dan Gutman. A good story to read aloud to ages 6 and up.