A High Five for Glenn Burke

A 2021 NCTE Charlotte Huck Award Honor Book
A Chicago Public Library Best Book of 2020
A 2021 ALA Rainbow Book
A Bank Street Best Book of 2021

A heartfelt and relatable novel from Phil Bildner, weaving the real history of Los Angeles Dodger and Oakland Athletic Glenn Burke--the first professional baseball player to come out as gay--into the story of a middle-school kid learning to be himself.

When sixth grader Silas Wade does a school presentation on former Major Leaguer Glenn Burke, it's more than just a report about the irrepressible inventor of the high five. Burke was a gay baseball player in the 1970s-and for Silas, the presentation is his own first baby step toward revealing a truth about himself he's tired of hiding. Soon he tells his best friend, Zoey, but the longer he keeps his secret from his baseball teammates, the more he suspects they know something's up-especially when he stages one big cover-up with terrible consequences.

A High Five for Glenn Burke is Phil Bildner's most personal novel yet-a powerful story about the challenge of being true to yourself, especially when not everyone feels you belong on the field.

About the author

Phil Bildner

Summary

A heartfelt and personal middle-grade novel from Phil Bildner, about a boy's experience of coming to terms with his sexuality and being true to himself.

Product details

• Authors: Phil Bildner
• Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux
• Languages: English
• Age Recommendation: ages 10 to 13
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.12.2019
• EAN: 9780374312732
• ISBN: 978-0-374-31273-2
• No. of pages: 224
• Dimensions: 145 mm x 220 mm x 23 mm
• Subjects: Children's and young people's books > Children's books up to 11 years of age; Kinder/Jugendliche: Liebesromane, Geschichten über Liebe und Freundschaft, Kinder/Jugendliche: Sportromane, Children's Books / Ages 9-12 Fiction, JUVENILE FICTION / Social Themes / Friendship, JUVENILE FICTION / Sports & Recreation / Baseball & Softball, JUVENILE FICTION / LGBT (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans)