What did Adam Cidwitz write on the front cover?

"A funny, charming page-turner."

A New York Times bestselling author

What is the history of baseball in her family?

Ever since her great grandpa Jonjon all generations of Shenice's family played baseball

What does her dad show Shenice after breakfast?

Shenice's grandpa's room, which is always closed and shows her, her great grandpa's trunk filled with what Shenice describes as "treasure"

What is the "treasure" in the trunk?

Baseball bats, baseballs, cleats, trophies, gloves, leather journal and photos

What stands out to Shenice in the trunk?

A framed black and white photo of her great grampa Jonjon and a leather journal

What is different about the firebirds from other teams?

The firebirds are the only all black team in the DYSA

The DYSA is the Dixie Youth Sport Association, which is the league the firebirds and all other teams across 8 states compete and play in

What is Shenice's goal?

To win the championship title, which means win from all other 12u teams in the DYSA

Did their team's loss affect their ranking?

No, the game was just a scrimmage

Why does her dad show her the room?

Since Shenice was sad after the loss, and her dad knew showing her the room and trunk would cheer her up

What does Uncle Jack reveal to her?

The real reason why her great grandpa/Uncle Jack's brother quit baseball

Why does her great grandpa stop playing baseball?

Just before he was about to join MLB, he went to a dinner at a mansion and got lost looking for the washroom and someone misled him to believe the washroom was actually where the treasure room was which happened to have a famous baseball player's glove inside and when he walked out of the room someone had accused him of stealing the glove making every MLB team refuse to take him in

How does Uncle Jack know who stole the glove?

Because in the locker room Jacob Caryle boasted about having Joe Dimaggio's glove and showed his teammates

What does Uncle Jack do after seeing it?

Instead of taking the glove and telling the police he knows the police wouldn't believe him, so he takes the glove and hides it

Where does Uncle Jack hide it?

Under a loose floorboard in his childhood bedroom

How does Uncle Jack show her the address?

The doctor taking care of Uncle Jack says that Uncle Jack has a letter for someone named Shenice, the letter has the address of the house he grew up in

What does Shenice do when she gets the letter?

The next day she goes to the address, but finds a rottweiler in the house, and banged her head against something and gets a deep cut in her arm

What happens when she is found?

Her dad finds her laying on the ground in the house and takes her to the hospital

Who does she see when she wakes up?

She finds Scoob and her baseball team hovered around her

What does she tell the team when she wakes up?

She tells them all about how her great grandpa's career was ruined because he got blamed for a crime he didn't commit

What does her team do about it?

They send in Hennesy and Khylers robot Valentina to inspect the abandoned house

What happens to Valentina?

She hits a loose floorboard and crashes

What does Shenice do a day after the team search?

She makes her mom drop her off at the baseball field, then runs to the abandoned house and searches around for the glove and finds it in a sealed plastic bag

What does Shenice do after finding the glove?

She calls her mom to pick her up, and in the car she tells her mom everything then she attempts to make Uncle Jack remember the assignment he gave her but he doesn't remember

What is Shenice's idea after realizing he forgot?

She asks her dad if he still has a publisher friend, and publishes an article about the fiasco and now her great grandpa is famous

What does the Negro Baseball Hall add?

A statue of her great grandpa that has a button that tells his story

Why is Shenice allowed to play in the finals?

Because news channels would be recording her game

What does Shenice write in her grandpa's journal?

She writes about how her great grandpa is now famous locally, and about what she's going to do with the glove

What does Jacob Caryle's granddaughter tell the team?

She tells them that she wants to give the team all the money her grandpa left for her which is 75 thousand dollars

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What are the names of Shenice's two best friends?

Back

Scoob and Britt-marie

2.

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At the end of the book, what book is recommended next?

Back

Clean getaway

3.

FLASHCARD QUESTION

Front

What are the Firebirds signature colors?

Back

Red, orange

4.

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Front

What does the firebirds van look like?

Back

It's black with a firebird on the hood and led lights of the teams colors inside the van

5.

FLASHCARD QUESTION

Front

How do the firebirds get to every game?

Back

Everyone on the team rides on the van

6.

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Front

Who is the captain of the team?

Back

Shenice

7.

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Front

Who wrote the book?

Back

Nic stone

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