Walter Steps Up to the Plate

by Sue Houser

Book Overview

Walter will do anything to help his mother when she's diagnosed with tuberculosis, but does that include standing up to Al Capone?

Twelve-year-old Walter wants to spend the summer of 1927 watching his beloved Chicago Cubs play baseball. Instead, his life is upended when his mother is diagnosed with tuberculosis. Walter must leave everything he knows and loves to accompany his mother to Albuquerque, New Mexico―a place he has never...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1951122682
• ISBN13: 9781951122683
• Release Date: October 2023
• Publisher: Kinkajou Press
• Length: 216 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.5" x 8.5"
• Age Range: 9 to 12 years
• Grade Range: Grades 4 to 7