(4) 4-6 Adapted by Sue Corbett. With Wayne Coffey. "You don't mess around with machetes. I learn that as a little kid..." In this memoir about growing up in a fishing village in Panama, young Mo works hard, gains the attention of a baseball scout, and blossoms into a baseball superstar while remaining an all-around nice guy. Didactic "Notes from Mo" inspirational-message anecdotes are interspersed. With an eight-page color-photo insert. Glos.

Reviewer: Elissa Gershowitz

(3) YA Baseball Superstars series. These baseball biographies are unusually sophisticated in their analysis of each player within the context of his time and the state of Major League Baseball. Nuanced discussions of the player's strengths and personal failings round out the portraits. Judicious use of quotations and many photos, sidebars, and stats are included. There are eight other new books in this series. Reading list, timeline, websites. Bib., glos., ind. Review covers these Baseball Superstars titles: Jackie Robinson, Ichiro Suzuki, Mariano Rivera, Hank Aaron, and Ted Williams.