| Booktalk
#1
Joe Stoshack is back again
in a new adventure. Joe has a talent that others don't believe.
You see, Joe can travel back in time. All he needs is a baseball
card and he's off and running. After hearing the story of Shoeless
Joe Jackson and the 1919 Black Sox scandal, Joe decides that he will travel
back and stop the fix of the World Series. At first his mother is
against it. Yes, he has traveled several times before without getting
hurt, but there is always a first time. When she gives in, Joe has
the chance to change history. When he meets Joe Jackson, he learns
that Shoeless Joe is not in on the fix. He does all he can to stop
it. Can Joe Stoshack change history? Will his efforts change
the present?
Booktalk #2
Using baseball cards to travel
back in time? It doesn't seem possible. But that is what Joe
Stoshack can do. Flip, the local Sports Card shop owner, tells Joe
about his favorite baseball player, Shoeless Joe Jackson and the 1919 Black
Sox Scandal that ruined his career. The Black Sox Scandal involved
a group of men that tried to bribe several of the teammates on Shoeless
Joe’s team to lose the World Series in exchange for a hefty payoff.
Joe gets an idea that if he travels back in time, he may be able to prevent
the scandal from occurring. Can Joe Stoshack prevent Shoeless Joe
from taking the bait of bribery to lose the World Series? (Angela
Alberty, angiealberty@juno.com,
University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC) |
