Daniel lives in a house full of women (three sisters, mom, grandma, and great grandma). One day after eating a bowl of Great Granny Nanny's goulash, Daniel's eyeballs start making growling sounds and he shrinks to the size of a toe. He then discovers he has a tiny twin brother named Pablo that Granny had been raising secretly. The two become great partners. Their first mission is to set free hissing cockroaches at the girls' formal 'pre-pre-pre-pre-prom' party. Can Daniel figure out exactly what causes him to shrink and is it a sneeze that makes him grow back to normal size?

Reviewed by: rn

Date read: 12/12/2012

ISBN-10: 1416909516

ISBN-13: 9781416909514

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Joe is fascinated with the legend of how Babe Ruth called his shot before hitting a home run in game three of the 1932 World Series. Could a player be confident enough to be able to predict not only his home run, but also where it would fly? No one knows what really happened that day. Joe wants to find out, but unlike millions of other baseball fans, who have to live with the uncertainty, Joe has the power to travel back through time to see the game. Can Joe solve the mystery, return home safely, and possibly improve his own game in the meantime? Reproductions of photographs from Babe Ruth's life add depth to the descriptions of events, and the book concludes with a note separating the historical fact from fiction.

Reviewed by: emc

Date read: 12/10/2009

ISBN-10: 0380977397

ISBN-13: 9780380977390

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Baseball is Brian's life. Not just playing the game, but watching it, analyzing it, and knowing it down to history and stats. He learns from his dad, an ex-major league pitcher who now works as a coach for a team in Japan. After his father leaves Brian and his mom, baseball is the only thing the two have in common. This summer, Brian lands a spot on a travel team and also his dream job as a batboy at Comerica Park for the Detroit Tigers. Icing on the cake comes when Hank Bishop, his all-time favorite player, rejoins the Tigers after serving a suspension for a steroid scandal. Despite Brian's best efforts though, heroes aren't always what they seem. Join Brian as he chronicles his baseball summer in The Batboy by Mike Lupica.

Reviewed by: mec

Date read: 6/1/2011

ISBN-10: 0375822577

ISBN-13: 9780375822575

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Commenter: Mggb, grade 5

To Brian, baseball is his life. Not just playing the game, but watching it, analyzing it, and knowing baseball history and stats. He learned from his dad, an ex-major league pitcher who now works as a coach for a team in Japan. After his father left Brian and his mom, baseball is the only thing the two have in common. This summer, Brian lands a spot on a travel team and also his dream job as a batboy at Comerica Park for the Detroit Tigers. Icing on the cake comes when Hank Bishop, his all-time favorite player, rejoins the Tigers after serving a suspension for a steroid scandal. Despite Brian's best efforts though, heroes aren't always what they seem. Join Brian as he chronicles his baseball summer in The Batboy by Mike Lupica.

Reviewed by: mec

Date read: 8/31/2010

ISBN-13: 9780399250002

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For Richard, this September means being left back in 2nd grade, being teased by his old classmates, while stuck facing the same teacher, in the same old classroom. He can't seem to help getting into trouble, until Mrs. Paris, the reading teacher, helps him get interested in reading, and motivated to help the second grade win the school banner contest for the best class. This is book 1 of The Kids of Polk Street School series.

Reviewed by: sc

Date read: 4/29/2009

ISBN-10: 0440404851

ISBN-13: 9780440404859

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