The home-run king

Title
: 
The home-run king

Author
: 
McKissack, Pat, 1944-2017 author.

ISBN
: 
9780142414590

Publication Information
: 
New York : Puffin Books, 2009, c2008.

Physical Description
: 
92 p. : ill. ; 20 cm.

Series
: 
Scraps of time.

Reading Level
: 
570 L Lexile

Personal Subject
: 
Gibson, Josh, 1911-1947-Fiction.

Subject Term
: 
Negro leagues -- Fiction.
 
Brothers -- Fiction.
 
African Americans -- Fiction.
 
African American baseball players -- Fiction.
 
Baseball -- Fiction.

Geographic Term
: 
Tennessee -- History -- 20th century -- Fiction.

Added Author
: 
James, Gordon C.

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.


LibraryCall NumberStatus
Stillwater Public LibraryPB J FICTION MCKChildren's Fiction