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Synopsis
During a Little League game, Buddy gets hit in the head with a baseball—and finds himself back in the late 1940s as Shadyside's greatest baseball player—one that was a member of a baseball team who died in a bus crash after the championship game. Can Buddy change the course of history or is his fate sealed?
Is Field Of Screams appropriate for my child?
Suitable for most readers 10 and up.
A middle grade time travel adventure with a premise involving a fatal bus crash from the past. Death is central to the plot but handled age-appropriately for the target audience.
What to know going in
This book has mild violence, no sexual content, and clean language. Content notes include death and mass death.
Who'll love this
Kids who love baseball and time travel mysteries will enjoy following Buddy as he tries to change history and save a doomed team.