Stosh has used his unique time-travel abilities to right many wrongs . . . and to meet some of the greatest baseball players ever: Jackie Robinson, Mickey Mantle, Babe Ruth. So why would he want to help his worst enemy, Bobby Fuller, travel to meet Jim Thorpe, a player he's never heard of? Bobby tells Stosh that Jim Thorpe was an incredible athlete whose career was ruined when his Olympic medals were unfairly stripped from him. Now Stosh has one more injustice to fight . . . and one more legend to meet.
Summary Stosh has the unique ability to use baseball cards to travel back in time. Now Stosh’s old nemesis Bobby Fuller has a strange request: take him back in time to see Jim Thorpe, his great-grandfather. Stosh doesn’t want to do what Bobby asks, but when Stosh looks up the tragic story of Thorpe’s downfall after his Olympic medals were unfairly stripped from him, he agrees. The boys travel back and meet a depressed Thorpe in 1931, which is too late to change Thorpe’s life for the better. The boys travel back to the present, obtain a 1912 Jim Thorpe card, and meet Thorpe in his younger years. Now the boys have to help Thorpe overcome his alcohol addiction and his depression so he can earn back the wealth and fame he deserves.
Topics Youth baseball. The Brooklyn Dodgers. Baseball cards. Time travel. Relatives. Jim Thorpe. Google. Dewey Decimal system. The Olympics. The Great Depression. Early baseball rules. The New York Giants Baseball Club. The Polo Grounds. New York City in the 1910s. John McGraw. iPods. The New York Times. Rules. Cheating. Trick plays. Christy Mathewson. Racial prejudice. Alcohol abuse. Wrestling. Telegraph. Honus Wagner. Pre-NFL football. Stereotypes of Indians. Steroids. Moral decisions. Consequences.
SRC Level 3.500000
SRC Points 10.000000
Lexile 620L
Trim Size 5 1/2" x 8 1/4"
Language English
JLG Release Date May 2008
Minimum grade 5
Maximum grade 8
Reading level Middle
Format Print
Sports Middle Plus (Grades 5-8)
Sports Middle Plus
Sports Middle Plus (Grades 5-8)
For Grades 5-8
An action-packed level devoted exclusively to sports. These fiction and nonfiction selections are sure to be a hit with your middle-school sports fans. And the hits arrive each month with this 14 book category.