Ballpark Mysteries #9: The Philly Fake

Name: Ballpark Mysteries #9: The Philly Fake
Price: 6.29 USD
Availability: BackOrder
ISBN: 9780307977854

By: David A. Kelly

Illustrated By: Mark Meyers

Product Description

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Cousins Kate and Mike are spending the Fourth of July in Philadelphia and they get to go to a Philadelphia Phillies baseball game and meet the famous mascot Phillie the Phanatic! But strange things have been happening behind the scenes at the field and it looks like someone is trying to sabotage the team into losing. The blame is put on Phillie Phanatic, but the kids don't think that it's him. . . will they be able to clear his name?

Product Information

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Title: Ballpark Mysteries #9: The Philly Fake
By: David A. Kelly
Illustrated By: Mark Meyers
Format: Paperback
Number of Pages: 112
Vendor: Random House Books for Young Readers
Publication Date: 2014

Weight: 3 ounces
ISBN: 0307977854
ISBN-13: 9780307977854
Ages: 6-9
Series: Ballpark Mysteries
Stock No: WW977854

Publisher's Description

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It's the ninth inning! The Philly Fake is book #9 in our early chapter book mystery series, where each book is set in a different American ballpark!

What better city to spend the Fourth of July than Philadelphia? For Mike and Kate, the holiday is all about hot dogs, history, and baseball! But the Phillies are in no mood to celebrate. They keep losing, and some people blame the lovable Phillie Phanatic! Can Mike and Kate help the Phanatic clear his name?

The Philly Fake includes several pages of "Dugout Notes," fun facts about Philly's ballpark.

Cross Ron Roy's A to Z Mystery series with Matt Christopher's sports books and you get the Ballpark Mysteries: fun, puzzling whodunits aimed at the younger brothers and sisters of John Feinstein fans.

Author Bio

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DAVID A. KELLY has written for many newspapers and magazines, and Babe Ruth and the Baseball Curse, published in spring 2009, was his first book for children. He lives fifteen minutes from Fenway Park in Newton, Massachusetts.

MARK MEYERS grew up in Utah and studied art at the Academy of Art University in San Francisco.