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We are the ship : the story of Negro League baseball
Title:
We are the ship : the story of Negro League baseball
Author:
Nelson, Kadir.
Personal Author:
Nelson, Kadir.
Edition:
First edition.
Publication Information:
New York : Jump at the Sun/Hyperion Books for Children, [2008]

©2008
Physical Description:
88 pages : color illustrations ; 29 x 29 cm
Summary:
Using an "Everyman" player as his narrator, Kadir Nelson tells the story of Negro League baseball from its beginnings in the 1920s through the decline after Jackie Robinson crossed over to the majors in 1947. Illustrations from oil paintings by artist Kadir Nelson.
Language:
English
Reading Level:
900 Lexile.
Program Information:
Accelerated Reader AR MG 5.9 3.0 119912.

Reading Counts RC 3-5 6.2 5 Quiz: 43016.
Subject Term:
Negro leagues -- History -- Juvenile literature.

African American baseball players -- Juvenile literature.

Baseball -- United States -- History -- Juvenile literature.

Negro leagues. -- Juvenile literature.

African Americans. -- Juvenile literature.

Baseball players. -- Juvenile literature.

Baseball -- History. -- Juvenile literature.

Negro leagues -- History.

African American baseball players -- History.

Baseball -- United States -- History.
ISBN:
9780786808328
Format :
Book

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