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  Williams, Ted, and John Underwood. The Science of Hitting. New York: Simon & Schuster, 1970.

  ———. My Turn at Bat: The Story of My Life. New York: Simon & Schuster, 1969.

  Acknowledgments

  THANKS TO COXEY TOOGOOD OF THE INDEPENDENCE National Historical Park, Dave Kelly of the Library of Congress, JoAnn Pure of the Haddonfield Public Library, Steve Barr of Little League International, Pat Kelly of the National Baseball Hall of Fame, Zach Rice, Nina Wallace, Alan Kors, Peter Blau, and Ed Maugher.

  About the Author

  DAN GUTMAN has always been a baseball fanatic. He played in Little League as a kid, and one of the first magazine articles he ever sold explained the science behind the spitball, the scuffball, and corked bats. When he thought about the T206 Honus Wagner—the most valuable baseball card in the world—he began to write HONUS & ME, his first Baseball Card Adventure. That book introduced Joe Stoshack—Stosh—a kid who can use baseball cards to travel through time and meet the game’s greatest players. Stosh has since gone on many amazing, fast-paced adventures, most recently to try to save Roberto Clemente. You can visit Dan online at www.dangutman.com.

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  Other Books by Dan Gutman

  The Get Rich Quick Club

  Johnny Hangtime

  Casey Back at Bat

  Baseball Card Adventures:

  Honus & Me

  Jackie & Me

  Babe & Me

  Shoeless Joe & Me

  Mickey & Me

  Abner & Me

  Satch & Me

  Jim & Me

  Ray & Me

  Roberto & Me

  The Genius Files:

  Mission Unstoppable

  Never Say Genius

  My Weirder School:

  Miss Child Has Gone Wild!

  Mr. Harrison Is Embarrassin’!

  Mrs. Lilly Is Silly!

  Mr. Burke Is Berserk!

  My Weird School Daze:

  Mrs. Dole Is Out of Control!

  Mr. Sunny Is Funny!

  Mr. Granite Is from Another Planet!

  Coach Hyatt Is a Riot!

  Officer Spence Makes No Sense!

  Mrs. Jafee Is Daffy!

  Dr. Brad Has Gone Mad!

  Miss Laney Is Zany!

  Mrs. Lizzy Is Dizzy!

  Miss Mary Is Scary!

  Mr. Tony Is Full of Baloney!

  Miss Leakey Is Freaky!

  My Weird School:

  Miss Daisy Is Crazy!

  Mr. Klutz Is Nuts!

  Mrs. Roopy Is Loopy!

  Ms. Hannah Is Bananas!

  Miss Small Is off the Wall!

  Mr. Hynde Is Out of His Mind!

  Mrs. Cooney Is Loony!

  Ms. LaGrange Is Strange!

  Miss Lazar Is Bizarre!

  Mr. Docker Is off His Rocker!

  Mrs. Kormel Is Not Normal!

  Ms. Todd Is Odd!

  Mrs. Patty Is Batty!

  Miss Holly Is Too Jolly!

  Mr. Macky Is Wacky!

  Ms. Coco Is Loco!

  Miss Suki Is Kooky!

  Mrs. Yonkers Is Bonkers!

  Dr. Carbles Is Losing His Marbles!

  Mr. Louie Is Screwy!

  Ms. Krup Cracks Me Up!

  Credits

  Jacket hand lettering © 2012 by David Coulson

  Jacket illustration © 2012 by Steve Chorney

  Copyright

  TED & ME. Copyright © 2012 by Dan Gutman. All rights reserved under International and Pan-American Copyright Conventions. By payment of the required fees, you have been granted the nonexclusive, nontransferable right to access and read the text of this e-book on-screen. No part of this text may be reproduced, transmitted, downloaded, decompiled, reverse-engineered, or stored in or introduced into any information storage and retrieval system, in any form or by any means, whether electronic or mechanical, now known or hereinafter invented, without the express written permission of HarperCollins e-books.

  This author would like to acknowledge the following for use of photographs and artwork: National Baseball Hall of Fame Library, Cooperstown, NY, 35, 37, 100. Dan Gutman, 71, 75. Library of Congress, 91, 102, 105, 107, 167. Boston Public Library, 94, 99, 110. Nina Wallace, 109.

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  Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

  Gutman, Dan.

  Ted & me: a baseball card adventure / Dan Gutman.—1st ed.

  p. cm.

  Summary: When Stosh travels back in time to 1941 in hopes of preventing the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor that brought the United States into World War II, he meets Ted Williams, one of the greatest hitters in baseball history. Includes notes about Williams’ life and career.

  ISBN 978-0-06-123487-3 (trade bdg.)

  ISBN 978-0-06-123488-0 (lib. bdg.)

  [1. Time travel—Fiction. 2. Baseball—Fiction. 3. Williams, Ted, 1918–2002—Fiction. 4. Conduct of life—Fiction. 5. Pearl Harbor (Hawaii), Attack on, 1941—Fiction. 6. World War, 1939–1945—Fiction.] I. Title. II. Title: Ted and me.

  PZ7.G9846Ted 2012

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  2011019359

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