Baseball Heroes

Baseball Heroes is the first book in the new middle grade nonfiction series Good Sports, about the inspiring life stories of major league athletes who have overcome obstacles in the course of their life and careers. Each book tells the stories of athletes who have encountered and overcome significant obstacles, and whose story exempifies character and nerve in the face of adversity. Baseball Heroes highlights players who were among the first to break through barriers of race, ethnicity and even sex in order to play professional baseball. Subjects include Jackie Robinson, Hank Greenburg, Fernando Valenzuela, and Ila Borders.

About the author

Glenn Stout is a writer, author, and editor, and served as series editor of The Best American Sports Writing, and founding editor of The Year’s Best Sports Writing. He is also the author of Tiger Girl and the Candy Kid, Fenway 1912, Nine Months at Ground Zero, and many other award-winning and best-selling books. He also served as a consultant on the Disney+ film adaptation of Young Woman and the Sea. Stout lives in Lake Champlain in Vermont.

Summary

Baseball Heroes is the first book in the new middle grade nonfiction series Good Sports, about the inspiring life stories of major league athletes who have overcome obstacles in the course of their life and careers.   Each book tells the stories of athletes who have encountered and overcome significant obstacles, and whose story exempifies character and nerve in the face of adversity.  Baseball Heroes highlights players who were among the first to break through barriers of race, ethnicity and even sex in order to play professional baseball. Subjects include Jackie Robinson, Hank Greenburg, Fernando Valenzuela, and Ila Borders.

Product details

• Authors: Stout Glenn Stout, Glenn Stout
• Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Company
• Languages: English
• Age Recommendation: ages 8 to 12
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 27.12.2010
• EAN: 9780547417080
• ISBN: 978-0-547-41708-0
• No. of pages: 128
• Dimensions: 130 mm x 194 mm x 9 mm
• Weight: 100 g
• Series: Good Sports (Paperback); Good Sports (Paperback); Good Sports
• Subjects: Children's and young people's books > Non-fiction books / Non-fiction picture books > Miscellaneous; JUVENILE NONFICTION: Biography & Autobiography / Women, JUVENILE NONFICTION: Social Topics / Prejudice & Racism, JUVENILE NONFICTION: History / General, JUVENILE NONFICTION: Sports & Recreation / Football, JUVENILE NONFICTION: Sports & Recreation / Gymnastics, JUVENILE NONFICTION: Social Topics / Values & Virtues, JUVENILE NONFICTION: Reference / General