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Title:
We are the ship : the story of Negro League baseball
Author:
Nelson, Kadir.
ISBN:
9780786808328
Personal Author:
Nelson, Kadir.
Publication Information:
New York :

Jump at the Sun/Hyperion Books for Children,

[2008]

©2008
Physical Description:
88 pages : color illustrations ; 29 x 29 cm
Abstract:
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.
Reading Level:
900 Lexile.

900L Lexile
Program Information:
Accelerated Reader AR MG 5.9 3.0 119912.

Accelerated Reader AR MG 5.9 3 119912.
Subject Term:
Negro leagues -- History -- Juvenile literature.

Negro leagues.

History.

African American baseball players -- Juvenile literature.

African American baseball players.

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

Baseball.
Geographic Term:
United States.
Publication Date:
2008
AR Level:
5.9