The Miami Valley School Library

The journal of Biddy Owens :

Myers, Walter Dean, 1937-

The journal of Biddy Owens : the Negro leagues / by Walter Dean Myers. - 1st ed. - New York : Scholastic, 2001. - 141 p. : ill., map ; 20 cm. - My name is America Dear America .

"A Dear America book"--Cover.

School Library Journal, April 2001 Booklist, February 2001 Bulletin (Center for Children's books), July 2001 Voice of Youth Advocates (V.O.Y.A.), August 2001 Kirkus Review, March 2001

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.

6.2 5-8 Follett Library Resources

0439095034

00044667

PZ7.M992 / Ji 2001

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