Wednesday, April 22, 2020

The Colorado Curveball by David A. Kelly - ESSENTIAL


Ballpark Mysteries: The Colorado Curveball (Ballpark Mysteries, #16) by David A. Kelly, 100 pages.  CHAPTER BOOK  Random House, 2020. $6.  

Content: G  

BUYING ADVISORY: EL (K-3) – ESSENTIAL  

AUDIENCE APPEAL: AVERAGE  

Mike and Kate are cousins and they like to solve mysteries.  While visiting Colorado to see a Rockies baseball game, they are given a tour of the stadium.  They are asked to help figure out why all the baseballs have been knocked off the shelves in the humidor room.  Mike and Kate quickly realize that the mystery isn’t about why the baseballs were knocked off but what is happening in the room next to the humidor room.  Together they find thieves and solve two mysteries.  

My son is a fourth grader and still loves this series.  The combination of sports and mystery seems to do the trick and he has read most of this series.  Mike and Kate are funny and have good quips, and the action is quick and easy to understand.  There is an illustration per chapter which helps break up the reading.  Good addition to the Ballpark Mysteries series.  

Reviewer, C. Peterson

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