The Home-Run King (Paperback)

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A historical chapter book series from three-time Coretta Scott King Award winner and Newbery Honor author, Patricia C. McKissack.

Brothers Tank and Jimbo Turner love sneaking into Nashville's Sulphur Dell Ballpark to watch the superstars of Negro League baseball. When Josh Gibson, the famous home-run hitter for the Homestead Grays, bunks at their house, the boys think they're one step away from heaven. With warmth and humor, the fourth installment of Patricia C. McKissack's family saga brings to life an era of all-black baseball for readers who may not know that Major League teams were once restricted only to white players.

"A good child's-eye introduction to baseball's segregated past." --Booklist

Title Metadata

Author:
McKissack, Patricia
Publisher:
Penguin Young Readers Group
Language:
English
Copyright:
2009
Number of Pages:
112
Dewey:
FIC
Dewey Range:
FIC
Binding Type:
Paperback
Accelerated Reader Interest Level:
Middle Grade
Accelerated Reader Reading Level:
3.6
Accelerated Reader Point Value:
1
Lexile Level:
570
Lexile Range:
Developing Reader (500 - 799)

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