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clairedaniel3's review against another edition
3.0
Though I really only thought this book was ok, I'm giving it three stars because I think my sixth graders will like it a lot more than I did. I'm going to recommend it and find out.
nerfherder86's review
4.0
A fun middle-grade mystery with a lot of baseball insider info and namedropping, silly juvenile humor, and boys being friends no matter what happens.
randyribay's review against another edition
4.0
a fun story with interesting characters and a strong narrative voice.
library_brandy's review against another edition
Lenny loves baseball and dreams of being an announcer someday (because he's certainly never going to be a player). It's just a dream until his two best friends, Mike and Other Mike, convince him to enter the Phillies' Armchair Announcer contest. On the night of the big game--the biggest opportunity of Lenny's life--an up-and-coming player drops dead on the mound. It's written off as a fluke thing, but Lenny and his friends find it more suspicious than that. Everyone who was in the stadium that night is a suspect and anything could be a lead in this fast-paced murder mystery.
A funny mystery for middle-school boys, particularly those interested in baseball. It's not a terribly difficult mystery to crack or a particularly sophisticated one, but the characters are engaging enough to carry the plot. A good choice for the kids who only want to read sports books when the Mysteries Book Report comes around.
A funny mystery for middle-school boys, particularly those interested in baseball. It's not a terribly difficult mystery to crack or a particularly sophisticated one, but the characters are engaging enough to carry the plot. A good choice for the kids who only want to read sports books when the Mysteries Book Report comes around.
art_hur's review against another edition
3.0
This book was not for me. This book was funny at times, but I felt like the mystery wasn't a mystery after all.
thisgrrlreads's review against another edition
2.0
the voice in this book is so uneven, as is everything. There is som great dialogue and some really clunky stuff. There are parts where you feel like these 3 boys pop right off the page and parts where you can't remember which chaaracter is which. I will admit that anything to do with baseball announcers was great, a real bonus for the baseball fans.
The mystery had a fairly good conclusion but it wasn't enough to make me enjoy the rest of this book.
The mystery had a fairly good conclusion but it wasn't enough to make me enjoy the rest of this book.
caro_guayaba's review
3.0
This book was not for me. This book was funny at times, but I felt like the mystery wasn't a mystery after all.
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