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  • Published: 10 January 2012
  • ISBN: 9780307477859
  • Imprint: RH US eBook Childrens
  • Format: EBook
  • Pages: 112

Babe Ruth and the Baseball Curse (Totally True Adventures)

How the Red Sox Curse Became a Legend . . .



Before 1918, the Boston Red Sox were unstoppable. They won World Series after World Series, thanks in part to their charismatic pitcher-slugger Babe Ruth. But some people on the Red Sox felt the Babe was more trouble than he was worth, and he was traded away to one of the worst teams in baseball, the New York Yankees. From then on, the Yankees became a golden team. And the Red Sox? For over 80 years, they just couldn’t win another World Series. Then, in 2004, along came a scruffy, scrappy Red Sox team. Could they break Babe Ruth’s curse and win it all?

  • Published: 10 January 2012
  • ISBN: 9780307477859
  • Imprint: RH US eBook Childrens
  • Format: EBook
  • Pages: 112

About the author

TIM JESSELL

TIM JESSELL'S work has been recognized by the Society of Illustrators Annual Exhibitions, receiving the Society's Gold Medal Award. He is also the winner of AdWeek Magazine's Illustrator of the Year. His work can be seen in the bestselling series Secrets of Droon, Superhero Christmas (written by Stan Lee of Marvel Comics), and covers for the reissue of Zilpha Keatley Snyder's Newbery Honor Books. Tim has been a guest speaker to professional graphic communication groups and enjoys speaking to student groups as well.

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