Searching for Candlestick Park

by Peg Kehret

Book Overview

Determined to find his father and relive their good times, twelve-year-old Spencer takes his cat, slips away from home in Seattle, and sets out for San Francisco's Candlestick Park This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0141303662
• ISBN13: 9780141303666
• Release Date: September 1999
• Publisher: Puffin Books
• Length: 160 Pages
• Weight: 0.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.2" x 7.7"
• Age Range: 8 to 12 years
• Grade Range: Grades 3 to 7

Customer Reviews

5th grade Teacher-My students love it!

Peg Kehret is a great author and once again has written an intriguing and captivating story. Once I shared it with my kids, they were dying to check it out. Most read it in one night! A great "Can't put it down" book.

The sad journey that ended!!!!!!!

My book is about a boy whs name is Spencer and he is 12.Him and his mom had to move because they couldn't pay rent anymore so they left at 3:ooAM in the morning so no one could see them, but Spencer couldn't find his cat but his mom made him leave anyway.Then he went back later that night to get his cat.There was two guys there painting already as he began to call his cats name he went in the garage to see if he could find him.When he found him as soon as he turned around a guy said hey come out or I am calling the cops.He began to run dowm the road and hid behind a bush for a bus,when the first one said no pets allowed he had to wait 2 more hours for the other one.When he got to his aunts where he was staying he fell fast asleep and in the morning he woke up to his mom and aunt screaming at him to take the cat to the pound or find another home for it.So when they left he decided he was going to run away to his dads in San Fransisco.This is a very good book and I would definatly read it again if I had time.

Searching for Candlestick Park

This book is about a boy named Spencer that is 12 years old. He had to move to Seattle with his mom to his Aunts house because his mom wasn't paying the rent.He has a cat that he brings but his aunt doesn't like the cat so Spencer runs away from home to go and find his dad in San Francisco. His dad is a big Giants fan. Spencer finds his dad but Spencer can't live with him because now his dad has a girl friend and there is not enough room for all of them. So Spencers dad buys him an airplane ticket to go home and now Spencer and his mom moved back to there old house because now they have enough money.This is a very good book!

An exciting runaway story with a happy ending!

At first I was bothered that Spencer was lying and stealing to run away from his aunt's Seattle area home, where he was living with his mother, so he could search for his father in San Francisco. But once I realized that he was keeping a list of all the things he "borrowed" from people so he could pay them back, I relaxed and found myself getting involved in this bicycle/hitch-hike/bus ride adventure. While it's easy to get the impression that "Searching for Candlestick Park" glamorizes running away, in the end it serves as a warning for how dangerous this can be.We added this book to our school library at the insistent request of a sixth grader who had read it in another school. After we acquired several copies, it was constantly checked out, including one copy that this same boy read at least two more times!Another good "on the road" adventure with a happy ending is "Bud, Not Buddy." Enjoy.

Great Book

One day a little boy and his mom moved to their Aunt May's house. The next night the boy snuck out and went back to his old house to find his cat. When he found his cat, he took him back to his Aunt May's house. The next morning the little boy and his cat set out to find his dad. I like this book because there is a lot of action and funny parts in it. I also like this book because the little boy reminds me of one of my friends.