The Prince of Fenway Park
By: Julianna Baggott
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: HarperCollins
Published: 2009
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 322
ISBN-13: 9780060872427; 9780060872434
Subjects: Juvenile fiction; Supernatural; Boston Red Sox (Baseball team); Baseball; Orphans; Fenway Park (Boston, Mass.); Fathers and sons; Time travel; Fiction
Description: In the fall of 2004, twelve-year-old Oscar Egg is sent to live with his father in a strange netherworld under Boston's Fenway Park, where he joins the fairies, pooka, banshee, and other beings that are trapped there, waiting for someone to break the eighty-six-year-old curse that has prevented the Boston Red Sox from winning a World Series.
Notes: "Ages 8-12."
Table of contents: title: The future Condo Prince of Baltimore; title: The dusty, golden box; title: The underlife of Fenway Park; title: Home, of course!; title: Under the pitcher's mound; title: The first birthday gift; title: The Curse; title: The message inside of the curse; title: Auntie Gormley dreams her soul elsewhere; title: Oh, the Cursed Creatures!; title: The Pooka and the Banshee; title: The birthday party-more gifts; title: The past; title: The door to the past; title: Meeting the Pooka; title: face-to-face, eye to glowing eye; title: The weasel spy; title: Teams; title: A new coded message; title: A race through time; title: The roster of twelve-year-old greats; title: Recruiting; title: The lineup; title: Auntie Feldelma's team; title: The game between the greats; title: Broken; title: Epilogue.