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Kinsella, W.P._The Iowa Baseball Confederacy_,1986 [0-345-41024-6] It is 1978 and Gideon is obsessed (like his father before him) to prove that the Chicago Cubs came to Iowa to play the All Stars of the Iowa Baseball Confederacy. He know and his father knew all the statistics, and facts about the Confederacy but know one else remembers it. There is not even any mention of it in old newspapers. Suddenly Gideon and his friend Stan are send back in time to the game where all sorts of magical things happen. Because the game is always in a tie, they play overtime for several weeks. The game is held in limbo by an ancient Indian and his Job- like struggle with his grandfathers. This is a baseball story wrapped around a fantasy. It was not written for children (there are some minor sexual references.) I purchased it because a student recommended I get it. On pages 248-249 there is a wonderful description of how to watch a baseball game. I would not recommend this 310 page book for middle school -- it is could be confusing and long for them but I think it would be a good addition to a HS with a solid fiction collection. This author also wrote "Shoeless Joe" on which the motion picture "Field of Dreams" is based. *************** Frederick Muller Halsted Middle School Library 59 Halsted Street Newton, NJ 07860 voice (973) 383-7440 ext 228 FAX (973) 383-7432 My book reviews are compiled at: http://www.halsted.org/br.htm My personal web site is: http://users.tellurian.net/fmuller =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-==-= All postings to LM_NET are protected under copyright law. To quit LM_NET (or set-reset NOMAIL or DIGEST), send email to: listserv@listserv.syr.edu In the message write EITHER: 1) SIGNOFF LM_NET 2) SET LM_NET NOMAIL or 3) SET LM_NET DIGEST 4) SET LM_NET MAIL * Please allow for confirmation from Listserv. For LM_NET Help see: http://ericir.syr.edu/lm_net/ Archives: http://askeric.org/Virtual/Listserv_Archives/LM_NET.html =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=--=-=-=