AUTHOR/ILLUSTRATOR: Matt Tavares
PUBLISHER: Candlewick Press
PUBLICATION DATE: 2013
AWARDS: 2013 Junior Library Guild Selection, 2013 Oppenheim Gold Seal Award
GENRE: Biography: Primary
READING LEVEL: 3rd Grade
BRIEF OVERVIEW: George Herman Ruth is just a boy who lives in Maryland. Until his seventh birthday when his father takes him to the gates of Saint Mary's Industrial School for Boys, and his life changed forever.
INTEGRATED ACTIVITY: Students will create a KWL chart based off of the book.
REVIEWER’S NAME & AFFILIATION: Shellena Palmer; VSU
