The homerun king

Resource Information

The work The homerun king represents a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in North Webster Community Public Library. This resource is a combination of several types including: Work, Language Material, Books.

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Label

The homerun king

Statement of responsibility

by Patricia C. McKissack ; illustrated by Gordon C. James

Title variation

Home run king

Creator

• McKissack, Pat, 1944-2017
• trueMcKissack, Pat, 1944-2017

Contributor

• James, Gordon C.,

Illustrator

• James, Gordon C.,

Subject

• trueAfrican Americans
• African Americans -- Fiction
• trueBaseball
• Baseball -- Fiction
• trueBaseball stories
• trueBrothers
• Brothers -- Fiction
• trueDepression era (1929-1941) -- 1929 -- 1941
• trueDepressions -- 1929-1941
• trueGibson, Josh, 1911-1947
• Gibson, Josh, 1911-1947 -- Fiction
• trueHistorical fiction
• trueNegro Leagues
• Negro leagues -- Fiction
• trueSegregation in sports
• trueSports fiction
• Tennessee -- History -- 20th century -- Fiction
• true1930s -- 1930 -- 1939
• trueAfrican American baseball players

Genre

• trueHistorical fiction
• Fiction
• trueBaseball stories
• trueSports fiction

Language

eng

Summary

During the Depression in Nashville, Tennessee, two baseball-loving brothers host Josh Gibson, a star of the Negro Leagues, in their home, and are motivated to get their own team started as well

Member of

• trueScraps of time

Cataloging source

DLC

Dewey number

[Fic]

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

no index present

Intended audience

• 570
• 570L
• Decoding demand: 80 (high)
• Semantic demand: 97 (very high)
• Syntactic demand: 81 (very high)
• Structure demand: 87 (very high)

Intended audience source

• Lexile
• Lexile
• Lexile

LC call number

PZ7.M478693

LC item number

Hn 2008

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570

Literary form

fiction

Series statement

Scraps of time

Series volume

0004

Target audience

pre adolescent