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1) Swindle
Author
Series
Swindle mysteries volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 5
Formats
Description
After unscrupulous collector S. Wendell Palamino cons him out of a valuable baseball card, sixth-grader Griffin Bing puts together a band of misfits to break into Palomino's heavily guarded store and steal the card back.
Author
Series
Baseball card adventures volume 5
Pub. Date
[2003]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 4
Description
When Joe Stoshack's dad ends up in the hospital after a car accident , he has tow words he has to say to his son,: Mickey Mantle. For Stosh has a special power with a baseball card in hand, he can travel back in time. And his dad has a rare card - Mantle's valuable 1951 rookie card. "I've been thinking about it for a long time. Go back to 1951. You;'re the only one who can do it," Dad whispers. That night Stosh grips the card and prepares for another...
4) Zip it!
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2012]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 2
Description
When Pine City Porcupines' bat boy Chad breaks an important unofficial rule of baseball: Do not talk to the starting pitcher when he has a perfect game going, the team may lose the game unless Chad can find a baseball card to help break the superstition.
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2012]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.4 - AR Pts: 2
Description
Chad is upset when his parents begin wanting him to come home before midnight and eat healthier; meanwhile, Abby has bobblehead issues and pinch hitter Sammy Solaris has trouble with speed. With the help of Dylan, a baseball card, and a porcupine, Chad tries to save the summer.
Author
Series
Baseball card adventures volume 3
Pub. Date
2000.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 4
Description
With their ability to travel through time using vintage baseball cards, Joe and his father have the opportunity to find out whether Babe Ruth really did call his shot when he hit that homerun in the third game of the 1932 World Series against the Chicago Cubs.
8) El Timo
Author
Pub. Date
c2009
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 5
Description
After unscrupulous collector S. Wendell Palamino cons him out of a valuable baseball card, sixth-grader Griffin Bing puts together a band of misfits to break into Palomino's heavily guarded store and steal the card back, planning to use the money to finance his father's failing invention, the SmartPick fruit picker.