Warrior on the Mound - Paperback
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Languages:EnglishPublisher:Holiday HouseISBN-13:9780823460656ISBN-10:823460657UPC:9780823460656Book Category:Juvenile FictionBook Subcategory:Social Themes, Sports & Recreation, HistoricalBook Topic:Prejudice, Racism & Colorism, Baseball & SoftballSize:8.27 x 5.51 x 0.39 inchesWeight:0.44Product ID:SC7DPWYY24
Narrated by twelve-year-old Cato, this intense and evocative story of racial unrest in prewar North Carolina ends with a dramatic match between white and Black little league teams. 1935. Twelve-year-old Cato wants nothing more than to play baseball, perfect his pitch, and meet Mr. Satchel Paige--the best pitcher in Negro League baseball. But when he and his teammates "trespass" on their town's whites-only baseball field for a practice, the resulting racial outrage burns like a brushfire through the entire community, threatening Cato, his family, and every one of his friends. There's only one way this can end without violence: It has to be settled on the mound, between the white team and the Black. Winner takes all. Written in first person with a rich, convincing voice, Warrior on the Mound is about the experience of segregation; about the tinderbox environment of the prewar South; about having a dream; about injustice, and, finally, about dialogue. Back matter includes an author's note, historical background, biographical information about Negro League players, and more. A Junior Library Guild Gold Standard Selection "A HOME RUN."--School Library Journal, starred review "NOT TO BE MISSED."--Kirkus Reviews, starred review
Languages:EnglishPublisher:Holiday HouseISBN-13:9780823460656ISBN-10:823460657UPC:9780823460656Book Category:Juvenile FictionBook Subcategory:Social Themes, Sports & Recreation, HistoricalBook Topic:Prejudice, Racism & Colorism, Baseball & SoftballSize:8.27 x 5.51 x 0.39 inchesWeight:0.44Product ID:SC7DPWYY24
Sandra W. Headen, a former teacher and researcher at Chapel Hill, is a full-time writer. Her historical middle-grade novel, WARRIOR ON THE MOUND, was awarded SCBWI's On-the-Verge/Emerging Voices Award for writers from underrepresented groups; in addition, her short story PAPA'S GIFTS (The Carolina Quarterly, March 2019) was awarded the Jones African-American Literary Award by the North Carolina Writers' Network.
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