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1) Satch & me
Author
Series
Baseball card adventures volume 7
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 5
Lexile measure
660L
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
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 10
Lexile measure
810L
Language
English
Formats
Description
A high school athlete, frustrated at being handicapped after an accident, runs away from home and is helped back to mental and physical health by a black benefactor and the people in a special school where he enrolls.
3) The hero two doors down: based on the true story of friendship between a boy and a baseball legend
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 4
Lexile measure
640L
Language
English
Description
Eight-year-old Steve Satlow is thrilled when Jackie Robinson moves into his Jewish neighborhood in Brooklyn in 1948, although many of his neighbors are not, and when Steve actually meets his hero he is even more excited--and worried that a misunderstanding over a Christmas tree could damage his new friendship.
4) Jackie & Me
Author
Series
Baseball card adventures volume 02
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 4
Lexile measure
610L
Language
English
Description
With more than 2 million books sold, the Baseball Card Adventures bring the greatest players in history to life!
Like every other kid in his class, Joe Stoshack has to write a report on an African American who's made an important contribution to society. Unlike every other kid in his class, Joe has a special talent: with the help of old baseball cards, he can travel through time. So, for his report, Joe decides to go back
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.7 - AR Pts: 7
Lexile measure
620L
Language
English
Description
In a small Iowa town in 1952, eleven-year-old Charlie Nebraska, whose father died in the Korean War, learns the meanings of both racism and heroism when he befriends a black man who had played baseball in the Negro Leagues.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.1 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
600L
Language
English
Formats
Description
In 1959 Bernard is a young Red Sox fan, troubled by the lack of Black players in major league baseball, especially as there are none at all on his favorite team--but change is coming in the form of a rookie named Pumpsie Green.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 6
Lexile measure
900L
Language
English
Formats
Description
Twelve-year-old Nick loves baseball so after a year in the hospital fighting polio and with a brace on one leg, Nick takes a job with the team for which his father is catcher and gets to see the great pitcher, Satchel Paige, play during the 1935 season. Includes historical notes.
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