A cute read. A solid main character, lots of baseball, and a little mystery will keep you turning the pages on this one. I enjoyed the locked in scenes - what kid wouldn't love to have a baseball stadium all to themselves with all-you-can eat hotdogs, a chance to run the bases, and some swings in the batting cage? The sudden point of view shifts threw me off a bit, but didn't detract from the overall read. I enjoyed the family dynamics and the historical baseball details. Good for baseball lovers and anyone looking for a sports book with a bit of intrigue.

I chose this as the description looked interesting, it’s a story of a young baseball fan’s misadventures after getting locked inside a pro baseball stadium on the eve of the biggest game of the season.

Timothy “Pumpsie” Strickland is the main character, and his mother and him share a passion for the hometown Nashville Wildcats. Pumpsie is also a baseball player, but he is in a batting slump and a very important tournament is coming up. The coach is considering benching him.

At the same time, the Nashville Wildcats have a 3-game series to end the season against the Portland Hemlocks. If Nashville sweeps, they advance to the playoffs for the first time in a long time.

For the 2nd game, his family of seven (Pumpsie has 4 siblings) attends the game as his twin sister, Tianna is filing a commercial after the game to promote the ball club. Tianna’s co-star is Campy, a dog! A thunderstorm scares Campy, and he runs into the stadium and Timothy goes after him. His Home Alone adventure begins as there are also two villains from the Portland team lingering in the stadium who are trying to do something bad so the Nashville team will have a disadvantage for the third game. A lot of things happen inside the park and I won’t spoil anything, but I will say it can easily be a Disney movie.

Overall, I didn’t enjoy it as much as I thought aI would. Probably because it’s aimed toward a younger reading mind than mine.

Thank you to the publisher and NetGalley for this e-ARC.

Kids will love this one. Like setting Home Alone in a baseball stadium, this book is a fun chance for kids to root against the bad guys!