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McKissack, Patricia C.

The Home-Run King

92 pp. | Viking | December, 2008 | Trade ISBN 978-0-670-01085-1 $14.99
(2) 1-3 Scraps of Time series. Illustrated by Gordon C. James. Gee's baseball-obsessed cousins' lives get interesting when their parents rent a room to Negro League slugger Josh Gibson. After getting caught trying to sneak into a game, they have to clean up the stadium, but they also get to practice with their hero. Sprinkled into the story are interesting subplots about life in Nashville during the Jim Crow period. Timeline.
Reviewer: Robin L. Smith | Horn Book Magazine Issue: January, 2009

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