They Came from Center Field

by Dan Gutman

Book Overview

A team of youngsters takes on a crew of extraterrestrials determined to learn the game of baseball This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 059047975X
• ISBN13: 9780590479752
• Release Date: March 1995
• Publisher: Scholastic Paperbacks
• Length: 96 Pages
• Weight: 0.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 5.3" x 7.5"
• Age Range: 7 to 10 years
• Grade Range: Grades 2 to 5

Customer Reviews

They Came From Center Field

I liked the book a lot and I recommend it to 4th or 5th graders. I think that anyone who likes mystery and some adventure should read it. I recommend this author to anyone between the ages between 8-12.

Mark's Review

I would recommend this book to someone who loves baseball. This is a book that has a lot of action right from the start. This book is about a smart baseball team with lots of courage. They're playing a baseball game with another town - no umps, no parents no one but the two teams playing some baseball. All the sudden there's a huge bang and flashing lights out past center field. Everyone ran except the SBD's (silent but deadly). The team was really brave. They marched out past center field. "There it is!" they shouted. "It's three flying saucers". Bloop one of the players went out to see them. "We are friendly. Please don't hurt us" Bloop said. They came out. They looked like coke machines with a hole in the middle of them the size of a peanut butter jar. "What do you want here" asked Bloop. The aliens said they came for baseball. The two teams made a deal that if they kids taught them how to play baseball, then they would play a game if the SBD's won then the team gets a ride in the aliens' space ship. I liked this book because things started happening right away and I also like baseball.

Wierd, but pretty neat!

An experienced, very good baseball team made up of some kids finds themselves facing against a group of aliens! The kids think that winning will be no sweat, but boy are they wrong! This is the alien's first time playing baseball, but they sure are good! The kid's begin to think that there is no way they are going to win. By then, it is getting late and the aliens say they have to be getting home. Then the kids think up a very clever way of winning, but I'm not going to tell you how they won. Well, because they won, they win a ride in the alien's spaceship! This is an incredible, non-forgetable book! It is also very easy to read- I read it in about 40 minutes.

A definate Winner and out of this world

It all starts when some kids are playing baseball. They see something wierd and decide to investigate. They find some aliens. The aliens want to play baseball. If the aliens lose the kids get a ride in one of their spaceships. The kids accept because they don't think they can lose. They can't lose? Boy are they in for a surprise! A double surprise! If you liked this book, tell your friends about it; share the excitement! I think this book was great and if you do..well you know a good book ought not be wasted!

I just love this book.

I first read it when I was about twelve and absolutely loved it. I liked the characters, which is really what makes me think a book is good, rather than the storyline, but in this case I liked both. Okay, so I'm a bit too old for it now, but it's still one of my favourites.