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Baseball Heroes
Contributor(s): Stout, Glenn (Author)

ISBN: 054741708X ISBN-13: 9780547417080
Publisher: Clarion Books

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Binding Type: Paperback - See All Available Formats & Editions
Published: December 2010
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Additional Information

BISAC Categories:
- Juvenile Nonfiction | Biography & Autobiography - Sports & Recreation
- Juvenile Nonfiction | Sports & Recreation - Baseball & Softball
- Juvenile Nonfiction | Social Topics - Values & Virtues

Dewey: B

LCCN: 2010006760

Age Level: 8-12

Grade Level: 3-7

Series: Good Sports (Paperback)

Physical Information: 0.33" H x 5.25" W x 7.61" L (0.25 lbs) 128 pages

Themes:
- Topical - Real Life Heroes

Features: Bibliography, Ikids, Illustrated, Price on Product, Table of Contents

Review Citations: Booklist 09/01/2010 pg. 115

Accelerated Reader Info

Quiz #: 141503
Reading Level: 6.8 Interest Level: Middle Grades Point Value: 4.0

Descriptions, Reviews, Etc.

Publisher Description:
Baseball Heroes is the first book in the new middle grade nonfiction series Good Sports, about the inspiring life stories of major league athletes who have overcome obstacles in the course of their life and careers. Each book tells the stories of athletes who have encountered and overcome significant obstacles, and whose story exempifies character and nerve in the face of adversity. Baseball Heroes highlights players who were among the first to break through barriers of race, ethnicity and even sex in order to play professional baseball. Subjects include Jackie Robinson, Hank Greenburg, Fernando Valenzuela, and Ila Borders.

Contributor Bio(s): Stout, Glenn: -

GLENN STOUT is a freelance writer, author, and editorial consultant and has served as series editor of The Best American Sports Writing since its inception. He is the author of Young Woman and the Sea and Fenway 1912, and has collaborated with Richard Johnson on Red Sox Century, Yankees Century, The Cubs and The Dodgers. Stout has lived in and around Boston for 20 years, and currently lives in Vermont.

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