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Alfred Slote

Autor(a) de Finding Buck McHenry

31 Works 1,373 Membros 11 Críticas

About the Author

Alfred Slote is the author of many popular books, including, in Trophy editions, Rabbit Ears, Make-Believe Ball Player, the Trading Game, and Finding Buck McHenry

Séries

Obras por Alfred Slote

Finding Buck McHenry (1991) 548 exemplares
The Trading Game (1992) 166 exemplares
Hang Tough, Paul Mather (1973) 165 exemplares
My Robot Buddy (1975) 122 exemplares
My Trip to Alpha I (1978) 76 exemplares
Omega Station (1983) 45 exemplares
Make-Believe Ball Player (1989) 43 exemplares
Matt Gargan's Boy (1975) 31 exemplares
C.O.L.A.R. (1981) 26 exemplares
Rabbit Ears (1982) 20 exemplares
A Friend Like That (1988) 18 exemplares
Tony and Me (1974) 13 exemplares
My Father, the Coach (1972) 12 exemplares
Clone Catcher (1982) 11 exemplares
Moving in (1988) 11 exemplares
Jake (1971) 10 exemplares
The biggest victory (1972) 9 exemplares
Stranger on the Ball Club (1970) 9 exemplares
Hotshot (1977) 8 exemplares
The Moon in Fact and Fancy (1967) 6 exemplares
Air in fact and fancy (1968) 6 exemplares
Lazarus in Vienna (1956) 5 exemplares
The Princess Who Wouldn't Talk (1964) 3 exemplares
Strangers and comrades (1964) 2 exemplares
Denham Proper (1953) 1 exemplar
Trading Game 1 exemplar
Lazaro en Viena 1 exemplar

Etiquetado

Conhecimento Comum

Data de nascimento
1926-09-11
Sexo
male
Nacionalidade
USA
Locais de residência
Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA

Membros

Críticas

I wanted to read Make-Believe Ball Player because I had heard somewhere that it was a cute story, which it indeed turned out to be. It probably took less than an hour to read, so it felt more like a short story than a full book, but it was pretty enjoyable. In fact, I think "cute" is probably the perfect word to describe it. As with a lot of sports stories, it's about a lovable, quirky kid who's turns out to be an unlikely hero. I wouldn't call it memorable, but it was worth the time it took to read.… (mais)
 
Assinalado
LibrarianDest | Jan 3, 2024 |
Jason is dropped from his little league baseball team, and sets out to start a new team, but he needs a coach. He thinks he's found the perfect one in Mack Henry, the old black custodian of an elementary school, when he discovers that Mr. Henry is actually the great Buck McHenry, a star of the Negro Baseball League many years ago. But Mr. Henry denies that he is the great ball player from the past. Eventually, he admits he is Buck, but makes Jason, as well as his two teammates, Kim and Aaron (Mr. Henry's grandson) promise never to tell anyone who he really is. The kids make the promise, and then break the promise immediately, and repeatedly.
Mr. Henry seems unusually forgiving of their dishonesty, but (spoiler alert) it turns out he's being a bit dishonest himself. He actually is not Buck McHenry, although he did play a lot of baseball in his younger years. And since it's an elementary age book, everything is happy in the end.
This is a simplistic story about racism and baseball, which it handles pretty well; and about honesty, which it addresses poorly, since neither the dishonesty of the characters, nor others reactions to their dishonesty comes across as believable.
… (mais)
 
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fingerpost | 3 outras críticas | Mar 12, 2022 |
Not a memorable work. US soldiers and civilians trapped during the battle of the Bulge.
 
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DinadansFriend | Oct 27, 2021 |
Not as strong as "Jake" or "Tony and Me" but still another great off-center book about kids, sports and their love for games as a metaphor for growing up. No one did it better.
 
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Smokler | Jan 3, 2021 |

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Estatísticas

Obras
31
Membros
1,373
Popularidade
#18,736
Avaliação
½ 3.6
Críticas
11
ISBN
96

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