The journal of Biddy Owens : the Negro leagues / by Walter Dean Myers.
Material type: TextSeries: My name is America | Dear AmericaPublication details: New York : Scholastic, 2001.Edition: 1st edDescription: 141 p. : ill., map ; 20 cmISBN:- 0439095034
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- PZ7.M992 Ji 2001
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Fiction | MVS Library Main room-back corner | E- Series Fiction (Middle) | SERIES MS FIC Myers (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 400248 |
"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.
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