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Author
Series
Publisher
Scholastic
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
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Description
Teenager Biddy Owens' 1948 journal about working for the Birmingham Black Barons includes the games and the players, racism the team faces from New Orleans to Chicago, and his family's resistance to his becoming a professional baseball player. Includes a historical note about the evolution of the Negro Leagues.
3) Coco Grimes
Author
Publisher
HarperCollins
Pub. Date
[1994]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
Thomas talks his grandfather into driving across Florida to meet Coco Grimes, an old man who remembers Negro League baseball.
4) Satch & Me
Author
Series
Baseball card adventures volume 7
Publisher
Recorded Books
Pub. Date
[2010]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 5
Language
English
Description
"You wanna know who threw the fastest pitch ever? " Many baseball players claim that Satchel Paige was the fastest pitcher in the history of the game. Stosh and his coach, Flip Valentini, are on a mission to find out. With radar gun in tow, they travel back to 1942 and watch Satch pitch to power hitter Josh Gibson in the Negro League World Series. They soon learn that everything about Satch is fast-whether it's his talking, driving, or getaways. But...
Author
Series
Baseball card adventures volume 7
Publisher
HarperCollins
Pub. Date
[2006]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 5
Language
English
Description
With his ability to travel through time using vintage baseball cards, Joe takes Flip with him to find out whether Satchel Paige really was the fastest pitcher ever.
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
1998.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
Reginald is more interested in practicing his violin than in his father's job managing the worst team in the Negro Leagues, but when Papa makes him the bat boy and his music begins to lead the team to victory, Papa realizes the value of his son's passion.
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