This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents either are the product of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, events, or locales is entirely coincidental.
Text copyright © 2019 by David A. Kelly
Cover art and interior illustrations copyright © 2019 by Mark Meyers
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Names: Kelly, David A., author. | Meyers, Mark, illustrator.
Title: The Baltimore bandit / by David A. Kelly ; illustrated by Mark Meyers.
Description: First edition. | New York: Random House, 2019. | Series: Ballpark mysteries ; 15 | “A Stepping Stone book.” | Summary: Babe Ruth’s baseball glove goes missing before a Baltimore Orioles game. It’s up to cousins Mike and Kate to find its whereabouts.”—Provided by publisher.
Identifiers: LCCN 2018010433 | ISBN 978-1-5247-6754-9 (trade) | ISBN 978-1-5247-6755-6 (lib. bdg.) | ISBN 978-1-5247-6756-3 (ebook)
Subjects: | CYAC: Baltimore Orioles (Baseball team)—Fiction. | Baseball—Fiction. | Cousins—Fiction. | Stealing—Fiction. | Baltimore (Md.)—Fiction.
Classification: LCC PZ7.K2936 Ban 2019 | DDC [Fic]—dc23
Ebook ISBN 9781524767563
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