CAM Jansen: The Mystery of the Babe Ruth Baseball

by David A. Adler

Book Overview

No mystery is too great for super-sleuth Cam Jansen and her amazing photographic memory Mysteries follow super-sleuth Cam Jansen everywhere she goes...even to the community hobby show. Cam and Eric are checking out a sports memorabilia booth when a baseball autographed by Babe Ruth disappears. Can Cam catch the thief and recover the Babe's ball? The Cam Jansen books are perfect for young readers who are making the transition to chapter books, and...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0142400157
• ISBN13: 9780142400159
• Release Date: September 1985
• Publisher: Puffin Books
• Length: 64 Pages
• Weight: 0.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.2" x 4.9" x 7.5"
• Age Range: 7 to 10 years
• Grade Range: Grades 2 to 5

Customer Reviews

A book for the young fan of baseball or mysteries

This book will appeal to children interested in baseball or mysteries. Cam Jansen is a fifth grader with a photographic memory and she is at a hobby show with her friend Eric Shelton. An elderly man with a baseball exhibit shows them a baseball autographed by Babe Ruth and Cam demonstrates her ability to memorize a scene. The baseball turns up missing and Cam and Eric are on the case, Cam recalls the images of the events and they track down the culprit. There is no hint of danger to the children and the clue to the solution is clearly presented. This is a simple story that young baseball fans with enjoy, even if they are not ordinarily fond of mysteries. Fans of mysteries will enjoy it even if they have no interest in baseball.

Baseball has never seen the likes of her memory before!

You have to love Cam Jansen. When you're a kid, you read all of these stories about magic powers, mystery, and adventure. But everyone tells you magic can't exist. Cam Jansen manages to solve every case without the use of magic... she's a real girl. That's what makes her special and what makes you want to read more and more. Cam Jansen is a real kid superhero, and the thought that a person like her could actually exist... makes her the best kid detective ever! Our family loves Cam Jansen!

The Baseball Mystery

Hi tI am an 8-year old boy and I am writing this for the people. What I is going to do is try to convince you to buy this book . Now I will tell you what I want to say. I think this was a great and wonderful book. David A. Alder is a kids books kind of person. The illustrations are great and pretty. I recommend anyone to read and buy this book Because it is a great and wonderful book, full of surprises and mysteries of all sorts that is only eight chapters long. Thank you and goodbye.