Jim & Me

I think this book wants to return Jim Thorpe to a place of mainstream knowledge, and to be inclusive about the many great players of baseball. Unfortunately, there are a lot of things that detract from that goal -- from the grandkid being a jerk (so there are no positive depictions of Native Americans as characters), to the stereotype-reinforcing Native American alcoholism and historical references to Thorpe as a savage, to the great athlete but not a great baseball player phenomenon -- unintentionally this book portrays an extraordinary athlete as a sad and lost figure -- a tragic portrayal, rather than a celebratory one, and I found it more than a little depressing. Realistic? Probably, but what is the goal of the book? If the desire show more is to restore Thorpe as an icon, I give it a swing and a miss. show less

I absolutely loved the book "Jim and Me". I love books that involve stats and athletics. I liked this book about Joey Stoshack has a special talent where if he holds a card he can travel to the year that card was made. He loves baseball so likes to travel back in time and see famous baseball players. Its an absolute blast of fun from beginning to end. The author did a great job of illustrating how beautiful the game of baseball really is. I give it a 5 out of 5.

Joe and his longtime enemy, Bobby Fuller, use a vintage baseball card to travel in time, hoping to stop Jim Thorpe from participating in the 1912 Olympics and losing his medals, but instead they watch Thorpe struggle during his first season with the New York Giants.

A boy can use old baseball cards to time travel to the past. In this book, he takes his enemy to visit his great-grandfather, Jim Thorpe.

I liked how h travles with his enemy, Bobby Fuller. The things kids are supposed to relize a few things in this book: Near the end, Joey and Bobby play football with a few kids. Ever reader by then would relize he dose not play football. The message there is to try new things. All in all, the book was OK

i like this book because it is interesting and makes you want to read on to see what will happen next

This series of books are really good.