Like every other kid in his class, Joe Stoscack has to write a report on an African American who's made an important contribution to society. Unlike every other kid in his class, Joe has a special talent: with the help of old baseball cards, he can travel through time. So for his report, Joe decides to go back to meet one of the greatest baseball players ever, Jackie Robinson, to find out what it was like to be the man who broke baseball's color barrier. Joe plans on writing a prize-winning report. But he doesn't plan on a trip that will for a short time change the color of his skin -- and forever change his view of history and his definition of01-02 Golden Sower Award Masterlist (YA Cat.) and 00 Pennsylvania Keystone to Reading Book Award (Intermed. Cat.)Like every other kid in his class, Joe Stoshack has to write a report on an African American who's made an important contribution to society. Unlike every other kid in his class, Joe has a special talent: with the help of old baseball cards, he can travel through time. So for his report, Joe decides to go back to meet one of the greatest baseball players ever, Jackie Robinson, to find out what it was like to be the man who broke baseball's color barrier. Joe plans on writing a prize-winning report. But he doesn't plan on a trip that will for a short time change the color of his skin--and forever change his view of history and his definition of courage.
Book Details
Format
paperback
ISBN-10
0380800845
ISBN-13
9780380800841
Publication Date
Feb 2000
Item Weight
2.31 pounds
Length
7.64 inch
Width
5.12 inch
Height
0.31 inch
First Sentence
YOU CAN'T HIT, STOSHACK"" BOBBY FULLER YELLED AT ME from the pitcher's mound."
Dan Gutman (born October 19, 1955) is an American writer, primarily of children's fiction.
His works include the Baseball Card Adventures children's book series and the My Weird School series.
[source](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dan_Gutman)
His wife is Nina Wallace (m. 1983) and he has two children.