Warrior on the Mound - Hardcover
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A Junior Library Guild Gold Standard Selection
One of Evanston Public Library's 101 Great Books for Kids
A New York Public Library Best Book of the Year!
An NCSS-CBC Notable Social Studies Trade Book
A BCALA Best of the Best Title
Warrior on the Mound - Hardcover
$18.99
by Sandra W. Headen (Author)
This intense, evocative story of racial unrest in prewar North Carolina ends with a dramatic match between white and Black little league teams.
1935. Twelve-year-old Cato wants nothing more than to play baseball, perfect his pitch, and meet Mr. Satchel Paige--the best pitcher in Negro League baseball. But when he and his teammates "trespass" on their town's whites-only baseball field for a practice, the resulting racial outrage burns like a brushfire through the entire community, threatening Cato, his family, and every one of his friends. There's only one way this can end without violence: It has to be settled on the mound, between the white team and the Black. Winner takes all. Written in first person with a rich, convincing voice, Warrior on the Mound is about the experience of segregation; about the tinderbox environment of the prewar South; about having a dream; about injustice, and, finally, about dialogue. Back matter includes an author's note, historical background, biographical information about Negro League players, and more. A Bank Street Best Children's Book of the YearA Junior Library Guild Gold Standard Selection
One of Evanston Public Library's 101 Great Books for Kids
A New York Public Library Best Book of the Year!
An NCSS-CBC Notable Social Studies Trade Book
A BCALA Best of the Best Title
Author Biography
Sandra W. Headen, a former teacher and researcher at Chapel Hill, is a full-time writer. Her historical middle-grade novel, WARRIOR ON THE MOUND, was awarded SCBWI's On-the-Verge/Emerging Voices Award for writers from underrepresented groups; in addition, her short story PAPA'S GIFTS (The Carolina Quarterly, March 2019) was awarded the Jones African-American Literary Award by the North Carolina Writers' Network.
Number of Pages: 208
Dimensions: 0.94 x 8.35 x 5.59 IN
Publication Date: March 05, 2024
Accelerated Reader:
Quiz Name: Warrior on the Mound
Interest Level: Middle Grades, 4-8
Reading Level: 4.5
Point Value: 9
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