Strike Three You're Dead

Strike Three You're Dead
by Josh Berk
Knopf Books for Young Readers
March 12, 2013


The book I read is Strike Three You’re Dead. The author of this book is Josh Berk. The main characters are Lenny, the Mikes, Maria, Blaze O. Farrel, Ramon Famosa, and R.J. Weathers.

This book is about a baseball murder mystery. In the beginning Lenny wins an armchair announcer contest. He practiced announcing with his friends Mike and Other Mike. When he goes to the game a promising young pitcher R.J. Whethers died. Lenny suspects that it was murder.

Lenny and the Mikes had several suspects. At first Lenny and the Mikes suspected PhilzFan1 who helped them later in the book. After that they thought it was Famosa but he was way too nice so it wasn’t him. In the end it took a long time to figure it out but Lenny realized who did it.

I like this book because it has a lot of action and violence in it. I recommend this book to teens. --J.

Strike Three You're Dead

Strike Three You’re Dead 
by Josh Berk
Knopf Books for Young Readers, on shelves March 12, 2013

review copy (ARC) provided by Cover to Cover Children's Books

It was about a boy named Lenny who wins a contest to announce a inning of a Philly’s game. But just before the pitcher, RJ Weathers, pitches, he stops, then drops dead right on the mound! Lenny and his friends, Mike and Other Mike conclude that this was no accident, because he seemed perfectly fine just before the game. Lenny, the Mikes, Maria (someone they meet at the library that is one of the librarian's niece) and Courtney (Lenny’s babysitter) go on a adventure to see who was really behind the death of RJ Weathers. I honestly thought this book was AMAZING! It left a cliff hanger at the end of almost every chapter and was loaded with suspense. --JA