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Rivera, Mariano

The Closer: Young Readers Edition

328 pp. | Little | September, 2014 | Trade ISBN 978-0-316-40480-8 $17.00 | Ebook ISBN 978-0-316-28414-1
(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

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