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Title King of the mound : my summer with Satchel Paige / Wes Tooke.
Author Tooke, Wes.
Publisher New York : Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, [2012]
Copyright ©2012.
Description 155 pages ; 22 cm
Edition First edition.


LOCATION CALL NUMBER VOL BARCODE LAST CHECKIN STATUS
 HF-Juv. Fiction  J TOO Nearby on shelf  30632002804981 03-01-23  AVAILABLE
NOTE Accelerated Reader MG 5.6 6 149825
Summary Twelve-year-old Nick loves baseball so after a year in the hospital fighting polio and with a brace on one leg, Nick takes a job with the minor league team for which his father is catcher and gets to see the great pitcher, Satchel Paige, play during the 1935 season. Includes historical notes.
Audience 900L Lexile
Ages 8-12.
Awards A junior library guild selection.
Subject Paige, Satchel, 1906-1982 -- Juvenile fiction.
People with disabilities -- Juvenile fiction.
Fathers and sons -- Juvenile fiction.
African Americans -- Juvenile fiction.
Poliomyelitis -- Juvenile fiction.
Bismarck (N.D.) -- History -- 20th century -- Juvenile fiction.
Genre Baseball stories.
Other title My summer with Satchel Paige.
ISBN 9781442433465
1442433469