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Afraid of the Dark

by Gary Repetto

Baseball, time travel, and family ties

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Baseball, time travel, and family ties

A visit to Disneyland sends twelve-year-old Tommy Hartnett from the present day to 1969, where he joins the Chicago Cubs during the season’s September collapse. His efforts to help the team and fulfill his grandfather’s wish are bound up with a more personal challenge: saving the life of the grandmother he has never met. Baseball provides the story’s historical backdrop, while Tommy’s journey connects the fortunes of the Cubs with family, courage, and the weight of choices across generations.

Good fit for readers who enjoy

  • Young adult readers interested in baseball fiction
  • Readers who enjoy time-travel stories set against real-world events
  • Readers drawn to stories about family bonds and courage

Themes

BaseballTime travelFamilyCourageChoices and consequences

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Book overview

'Afraid of the Dark' is a story about a twelve-year-old boy who is mysteriously transported from the present day back to 1969 while visiting Disneyland, finding himself as a star player in the Chicago Cubs dugout during a game late in that storied season when the 'fabulous' Cubs collapsed in September. Trying to fulfill the wish of his loving grandfather, who has raised him, he single-handedly brings the Cubs back to the brink of making it to the World Series. But much stands in the way and the boy finds out that there are more important matters in life than baseball. Tommy Hartnett is faced with overcoming evil to save the life of his future grandmother, whom he has never met as a child.

 

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