AUTHOR/ILLUSTRATOR: Kadir Nelson
PUBLISHER: Jump at the sun/Hyperion PUBLICATION DATE:2008
GENRE: Non- fiction READING LEVEL: 4th
BRIEF OVERVIEW: A story about the negro baseball league that started in the 1920’s and the men that made it what it was. It goes through the life of the unsung heroes that crossed the line of segregation to do what they love play baseball.
INTEGRATED ACTIVITY: Write storys about what could have happed to the men in the story.
REVIEWER’S NAME & AFFILIATION: Jacob Bishoff - Valdosta State University
AWARDS: The Robert F. Sibert Medal; Coretta Scott King Award
PUBLISHER: Jump at the sun/Hyperion PUBLICATION DATE:2008
GENRE: Non- fiction READING LEVEL: 4th
BRIEF OVERVIEW: A story about the negro baseball league that started in the 1920’s and the men that made it what it was. It goes through the life of the unsung heroes that crossed the line of segregation to do what they love play baseball.
INTEGRATED ACTIVITY: Write storys about what could have happed to the men in the story.
REVIEWER’S NAME & AFFILIATION: Jacob Bishoff - Valdosta State University
AWARDS: The Robert F. Sibert Medal; Coretta Scott King Award
