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Reviewer:  Max K. '12

Jackie and Me is an awesome sports book. It is about a boy who has the power to go back in time with the help of a baseball card. Joe just holds the card of the player he wants to go see, say his name. Bang! he's there. Joe is doing a report on Jackie Robinson, the first black baseball player in the M.L.B. He travels back in time to meet him, and becomes an African American. He even stays with him. Joe encounters a mean white boy and tempers flare.

You will enjoy finding out how Joe gets back and what he does while he is back in time. Jackie and Me is part of a series by Dan Gutman. This was a outstanding book. I would rate it a 9 out of 10, because it was so much fun to read, and you learned a lot about baseball. You also get a feel for what is was like to be black back then.

Fall 2004

Reviewer:   Patrick B. '12

Joe Stoshack is not like any ordinary boy. He has powers that allow him to travel back in time. His journey back in time takes him to meet Jackie Robinson, a famous baseball player. Joe travels back in time and becomes an African American bat boy for the Brooklyn Dodgers. Danny experiences racism first-hand; he lives the hate that blacks and whites have for each other.

I recommend this book to people who like baseball. I would also recommend this book to people who do not know what it was like when racism was very bad. You'll learn how life was for Jackie Robinson, how he felt, and how other African Americans were treated during this era.

Joe Stoshack has a report to do on a person that changed the world, so as usual he picks a baseball player.  He picks Jackie Robinson.  He decides to get a 1947 Jackie Robinson card.  After school he goes to Flip's Baseball Fan Club.  He asks Flip for a 1947 Jackie Robinson card.  In 1947 they had  no baseball cards because of World War Two.  But Bon Bread made Jackie Robinson Cards.  Flip says, "A pack of Bon Bread cards costs $5,000 and a single card is $400."  Joe asks if he can borrow a card for a day and Flip agrees.  When Joe uses it he goes back in time.  There is a figure at the end of the room.  Who can it be?  Is he the real Jackie Robinson?  Read the book to find out.

Fall 2002