Babe Ruth Summary

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Summary: Cam and Eric are at a community event. The two of them come across a baseball exhibit. Cam has a photographic memory. Eric and her are looking at baseball cards and testing her skills when the owner of the exhibit notices them. He is very impressed. A crowd gathers around and begins to watch Cam use her amazing skills. Once the crowd clears the man notices his prized autographed Babe Ruth baseball is missing! Cam and Eric quickly begin to look around and they spot two suspects. A girl carrying a large gym back and a boy in a green shirt that was trying to quickly leave. The go after the boy in a green shirt first. They see him walking down the sidewalk and go talk to the security guard outside. When the boy sees them talking to the security …show more content…
He has a baseball in his pocket but it is not the signed Babe Ruth one. The security guard is angry with them and leave. Cam and Eric are baffled because they were sure it was him. The trail the girl with the gym bag but it is not her either. They return to the park and notice the boy is still there. Some kids are playing catch and the boy they suspected went to fetch the ball for …show more content…
Babe Ruth is a famous and historic baseball player and students can get a good idea about how famous he was and still is. In the book Cam and Eric test each other with baseball statistics. You could pull a math lesson about graphs from this book. Have students look up Babe Ruth statistics and practice graph making. You could do a study about photographic memory and have students play some fun memory games. You could read the beginning of the book and then have students build evidence for who they think stole the ball. Why do they think that person took the ball. Students could write a piece about having something stolen from them or if they have ever stolen something and how they