Before Jackie

by Larry Harper

Book Overview

In this heartwarming novel, meticulously researched and based on true stories, a group of nine kids in post-World War II California are brought together by baseball. Free of adult prejudices and united by their love of the game, the kids overcome all obstacles--poverty, racism, physical disability--to become a vision of America's joyous, diverse future.This is an uplifting story with a twist, where the friends, who call themselves The Nine, find...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0692159347
• ISBN13: 9780692159347
• Release Date: November 2019
• Publisher: Good Tidings Foundation
• Length: 148 Pages
• Weight: 2.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.5" x 8.5"
• Age Range: 13 to 17 years
• Grade Range: Grades 8 to 12