Copyright Date:
2001
Edition Date:
2001
Release Date:
09/11/01
ISBN:
0-88776-312-X
ISBN 13:
978-0-88776-312-0
Dewey:
843
Language:
English
Reviews:
Kirkus Reviews
(Thu Apr 28 00:00:00 CDT 2022)
An award-winning Canadian team (The Hockey Sweater, 1984, has sold 84,000 copies) comes up with another offbeat sports story, set in a Quebec village in 1947. Narrator Roch'' and the other boys are playing ball in a field of daisies when a strange girl grabs the bat and smashes the ball out of sight—to come down through fierce old Sergeant Bouton's window. Escaping with the boys,
Adeline'' explains that she's a magician and invites them to see her perform that night with her dad. The show's a huge success—though after Adeline's father makes her disappear, the boys never get to talk with her again. In a wry last scene, Roch goes to get his ball back from the old man, is greeted as the Yankees' future hero, tells the truth about who hit the ball- -and is treated to a furious outburst: ``A girl! That's the end of the world!'' There's no real plot, but the incidents are lively and amusing, while the near-surreal illustrations glow with energetic perspectives and intriguing comical details. Also available in French and Spanish. (Picture book/Young reader. 6- 10)"
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Kirkus Reviews
(Thu Apr 28 00:00:00 CDT 2022)
“The longest home run in the history of baseball was hit by a girl.” So begins a baseball misadventure in the village of Ste. Justine. This time, a strange girl named Adeline shows up at the daisy field where Roch and his friends play baseball all summer. She proceeds to hit a towering home run…right through the window of the crankiest man in town. Adeline has other powers as well, which Roch and the boys discover at a magic show. But without the baseball, the game cannot go on. When Adeline literally disappears, who do you think has to get the ball back?