by Harry Turtledove (2016)
In a Depression-era America that is woven with magic, zombies, and flying carpets, a down-and-out man escapes a local thug by joining a barnstorming minor league baseball team.
texte, Roch Carrier
De passage à Sainte-Justine P.Q., Adéline frappe un circuit qui sidère les garçons de la place et brise la vitre du sergent Bouton. Tout s'explique, c'est une magicienne. Même si l'on ne retrouve pas tout à fait les qualités de ##Le chandail de hockey##, cet album n'en demeure pas moins un excellent ouvrage tant par le texte que l'illustration: les auteurs utilisent la même formule.
Mary Pope Osborne
Their magic tree house takes Jack and Annie back to retrieve a lost story in ancient Greece, where they witness the original Olympic games and are surprised to find what girls of the time were not allowed to do.
Jane O'Connor
As her third-grade class makes its selections for the "Graveyard of Boring Words" and learns about "superb synonyms," slow-footed Nancy enthusiastically plays on the soccer team, with the goal of just being mediocre, or maybe even a little better than average.
Frank Deford
"Gavin Grey is a star running back at the University of North Carolina in the 1950s. He graces the covers of Time and Life and grows accustomed to hearing adoring fans shout out his nickname - The Grey Ghost - as he walks by." "Gaving goes on to a solid career in the NFL. But when his playing days are over, he finds the adjustment to "normal" family life difficult. His wife, Babs, becomes the primary breadwinner, while Gavin continues to trade on the memories of his glory days as everybody's All-American."--BOOK JACKET.