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Author
Series
Pub. Date
2001.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 4
Lexile measure
920L
Language
English
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.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 5
Lexile measure
640L
Language
English
Description
Although adoption has taken them out of the New Jersey institution where they grew up, eleven-year-old T.J. and his younger brother Moondance remain involved with their friend Mop's relentless attempts to become adopted herself and to wreak revenge on their baseball rivals the obnoxious Eagles.
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