RATED 4.5 STARS
Once again, my three favorite teen ghost chasers are back
with a new adventure. It seems there is
a ghost in the Baseball Hall of Fame and the team is called in to find out what
is going on and get rid of the ghost before a big event. T.J., Bortnicker and Louanne travel to
Cooperstown to find this ghost and try and help him. It seems to be the ghost of the baseball
great, Roberto Clemente.
I wondered how in the world this ghost was going to
behave. The other encounters have been
scary and I couldn’t imagine that the ghost of Clemente could be terrible when
he was known for his humanitarian efforts.
Luckily, I need not have worried.
Clemente’s ghost is confused and lost and just wants to go home but he
needs a special something to help him on his way as well as the help of the
ghost hunters.
Just because this ghost isn’t scary doesn’t mean this isn’t
an exciting story. It is! I kept wondering how they were going to get
Roberto home and what was going to get in the way.
I also learned a ton about the Baseball Hall of Fame and
Clemente. I taught third grade a long
time ago and in the kids’ reader was a short story about Roberto Clemente so I
was a little familiar with his story but Ferrante delves deeper and exposes the
man behind the legend.
The three kids have continued to grow too. T.J. is becoming aware of his sensitivity to
the paranormal. Louanne has come with a
huge problem that is weighing her down and she is trying to deal with the best
she can. Bortnicker is his usual self
and gets himself an admirer in 11 year old Fiona, niece of the President of the
Hall of Fame.
All in all, I really liked the story of Roberto’s Return and
have already recommended it to several people.
If you are a baseball fan or a ghost busting fan, this is the book for
you. Any aspiring young baseball player
would enjoy it too. Not to mention, it
sure got me wanting to go and visit the town of Cooperstown and see the Hall of
Fame for myself.
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