Shoeless Joe by W.P. Kinsella

An Iowa farmer builds a baseball stadium in his cornfield, hoping his hero, Shoeless Joe Jackson, will play in it.

Recommended by Mr. Bennett, English Teacher: “I just re-read Shoeless Joe, and it's a fun one that kids might like. It's about baseball, among other things, and it’s the book the movie Field of Dreams was based on.”

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