The journal of Biddy Owens : the Negro leagues
Title:
The journal of Biddy Owens : the Negro leagues
Author:
Myers, Walter Dean, 1937-2014.
Personal Author:
Publication Information:
New York : Scholastic, [2001]
©2001
Physical Description:
141 pages : illustrations, map ; 20 cm.
Summary:
Teenager Biddy Owens' 1948 journal about working for the Birmingham Black Barons includes the games and the players, racism the team faces from New Orleans to Chicago, and his family's resistance to his becoming a professional baseball player. Includes a historical note about the evolution of the Negro Leagues.
Language:
English
Reading Level:
920 Lexile.
Program Information:
Accelerated Reader AR MG 5.2 4.0 50162.
Reading Counts RC 6-8 5.8 8 Quiz: 23863 Guided reading level: S.
Corporate Subject:
ISBN:
9780439095037
Format :
Book
