Waiting for Pumpsie / Barry Wittenstein ; illustrated by London Ladd.

Title:

ISBN:

9781580895453

Personal Author:

Wittenstein, Barry

Publication Information:

Watertown, MA : Charlesbridge, [2017]

Physical Description:

1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 29 cm

Awards Note:

A Junior Library Guild selection (JLG.)

Summary:

In 1959 Bernard is a young Red Sox fan, troubled by the lack of Black players in major league baseball, especially as there are none at all on his favorite team--but change is coming in the form of a rookie named Pumpsie Green.

Program Information:

Accelerated Reader LG 3.1 0.5 188344

Personal Subject:

Green, Pumpsie, 1933--Fiction.

Green, Pumpsie, 1933-

Corporate Subject:

Boston Red Sox (Baseball team) -- History -- Fiction.

Boston Red Sox (Baseball team) -- History.

Geographic Term:

Boston (Mass.) -- History -- 20th century -- Fiction.

Boston (Mass.) -- History -- 20th century.

Subject Term:

African American baseball players -- Fiction.

Discrimination in sports--United States -- History -- Fiction

Baseball--United States -- History -- Fiction

African American families -- Fiction

African American baseball players

Discrimination in sports--United States -- History

Baseball--United States -- History

African American families

Black baseball players--United States -- Fiction

Black families--United States -- Fiction

Black baseball players--United States

Black families--United States

Added Author:

Ladd, London

Audience:

600L Lexile

OCLC Number:

ocn946031654

Availability:

Eagan - Wescott~1

Holds:

Available:*

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