The home-run king, by Patricia C. McKissack ; illustrated by Gordon C. James
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The home-run king, by Patricia C. McKissack ; illustrated by Gordon C. James
Language
eng
Illustrations
illustrations
Index
no index present
Intended audience
Lexile: 570
resource.interestAgeLevel
008-012
Literary Form
fiction
Main title
The home-run king
Oclc number
311783494
Responsibility statement
by Patricia C. McKissack ; illustrated by Gordon C. James
Series statement
Scraps of time, 1937
Summary
Brothers Tank and Jimbo Turner love sneaking into Nashville's Sulphur Dell Ballpark to watch the superstars of Negro League Baseball. When Josh Gibson, the famous home-run hitter, bunks at their house, the boys think they're one step away from heaven
Target audience
pre adolescent
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Contributor
Creator
Subject
- Sports -- Fiction
- Baseball stories
- Negro leagues -- Fiction
- Gibson, Josh, 1911-1947 -- Fiction
- Brothers and sisters -- Fiction
- African Americans -- Juvenile fiction
- Brothers -- Juvenile fiction
- Tennessee -- History -- 20th century -- Juvenile fiction
- Tennessee -- History -- 20th century -- Fiction
- African Americans -- Fiction
- Baseball -- Fiction
- Gibson, Josh, 1911-1947 -- Juvenile fiction
- Negro leagues -- Juvenile fiction
- African American baseball players -- Fiction
- African American baseball players -- Juvenile fiction
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Outgoing Resources
- Classification1
- Contributor1
- Creator1
- Subject15
- Sports -- Fiction
- Baseball stories
- Negro leagues -- Fiction
- Gibson, Josh, 1911-1947 -- Fiction
- Brothers and sisters -- Fiction
- African Americans -- Juvenile fiction
- Brothers -- Juvenile fiction
- Tennessee -- History -- 20th century -- Juvenile fiction
- Tennessee -- History -- 20th century -- Fiction
- African Americans -- Fiction
- Baseball -- Fiction
- Gibson, Josh, 1911-1947 -- Juvenile fiction
- Negro leagues -- Juvenile fiction
- African American baseball players -- Fiction
- African American baseball players -- Juvenile fiction
- Is Part Of1
- Mapped to1