This is not an ordinary book: it's a BookCrossing book! BookCrossing books are world travelers - they like to have adventures and make new friends...and every once in a while they even write home to say what they've been doing.

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This slim volume looks at a real-life event: in 1931, seventeen-year-old Jackie Mitchell had a chance to pitch to Yankee stars Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig.

Written by Jean L.S. Patrick, adapted by Emma Carlson Berne, illustrated by Ted Hammond and Richard Pimentel Carbajal.

Saturday, May 18, 2019: themed release left at the baseball stadium on a Saturday night, which is usually the night when the little league teams show up. Left hanging from a railing on the first base side; too bad our guys got clobbered.

(Larger photo here.)

Released for Secretariat's 2019 NJABBIC challenge (week 20: an individual person, with no animals).

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I'm so glad you've found this book! Won't you make a journal entry so the previous readers know that it's safe with you?

How and where did you find the book? What did you think of it? What are you going to do with it next?

This is now your book, for you to do with as you please: keep it, pass it to a friend, or maybe even leave it where someone else can find it!

If you've ever wondered where your books go after they leave your hands, join BookCrossing and you may find out: you'll be able to follow your books as new readers make journal entries - sometimes from surprisingly far-flung locations.

BookCrossing: making the whole world a library!