Down to the Last Out: The Negro Leagues, Birmingham, Alabama, 1948 (My Name is America)

By: Walter Dean Myers

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Synopsis: Newbery and Coretta Scott King award-winning author Walter Dean Myers's baseball story THE JOURNAL OF BIDDY OWENS is now available in paperback, with an exciting repackaging!Seventeen-year-old Biddy Owens is part of the Birmingham Black Barons baseball team and dreams of becoming a major league baseball player. However, in 1948 most black players can only play for the Negro Leagues. Jackie Robinson has just recently integrated and is playing for the Brooklyn Dodgers, but the white owners are reluctant to add too many blacks to their rosters. The Birmingham Black Barons are some of the best players in the league. But as they travel around playing ball, Biddy realizes that not everyone is ready for blacks and whites to play on the same team. Can Biddy prove he's good enough to be part of the game his loves, no matter what color his skin is?

Book Quality:: Publisher Quality
Book Size:: 144 Pages
ISBN-13:: 9780545530514
Related ISBNs:: 9780545530507
Publisher:: Scholastic Inc.
Date of Addition:: 11/12/24
Copyrighted By:: Walter Dean Myers
Adult content:: No
Language:: English
Has Image Descriptions:: No
Categories:: History, Children's Books, Sports, Literature and Fiction
Grade Levels:: Third grade, Fourth grade, Fifth grade, Sixth grade, Seventh grade
Reading Age:: 8–12
Submitted By:: Bookshare Staff
Usage Restrictions:: This is a copyrighted book.

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