Safe at Home: A Baseball Card Mystery - Softcover

Robert Skead

Softcover

ISBN 10: 188700291X ISBN 13: 9781887002912

Publisher: Cross Training Publishing, 1999

Synopsis

A Baseball Card Mystery - tells the story of Trevor Mitchell an 11 year old boy, whose great-grandfather gives him a 1915 Babe Ruth rookie card valued at $50,000 which mysteriously disappears. This youth fiction story teaches valuable lessons about truth, friendship and forgiveness.

About this title

From the Inside Flap:

Safe at Home is a heartwarming story about Trevor, an 11-year-old boy whose aged great-grandfather gives him a 1915 Babe Ruth baseball card valued at $50,000. Trevor's joy is threatened by the mysterious disappearance of the card and by his friends' skepticism about great-grandpa's claim of being the only man in baseball history to steal home off Babe Ruth. Eventually Trevor learns some priceless lessons about friendship, truth and forgiveness.

About the Author:

Robert Skead received the idea for Hitting Glory after he purchased a vintage baseball bat at an auction and asked, "What if this bat belonged to some famous baseball player when he was a kid?" An avid baseball and basketball fan, Robert's favorite subject while growing up was always creative writing. It was a talent his mother noticed and encouraged him to pursue as a young man. Robert is also the author of Safe At Home - A Baseball Card Mystery and Elves Can't Dunk by Cross Training Publishing. His children's short stories have appeared in Clubhouse Magazine published by Focus on the Family. He lives with his wife and family in New Jersey.

About this edition

• Publisher: Cross Training Publishing
• Publication date: 1999
• ISBN 10: 188700291X
• ISBN 13: 9781887002912
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 96