pickThe Brothers K, by David James Duncan (1992) [RE-READ]
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Premise: A large Washington state family experiences rapid changes during the tumultuous 1960s.
Review: Duncan masterfully explores the the iconic decade through archetypes such as the activist, the spiritual seeker, the all-american-Jesus-loving-boy next door, and the fundamentalist, and how the ups and downs of the decade tear them apart and bring them together again.⬇️
This was my haul. Some Dodgers books and magazines and a B&N gift card. 📚 So some nice book stuff. And my long longed for Craftsman toolbox. 🧰
We do not care that it‘s still dark outside! We do not care that our time to enjoy chocolate while reading is hours away! It‘s Christmas Eve! We‘re opening our Litsy gifts now!
Thank you @Amiable for the #jolabokaflodswap package and thank you @MaleficentBookDragon for organizing!
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pickNobody does psychology better than King who keeps you on the edge of your seat as you wander with a missing little girl in a forest. She finds a way to believe she‘ll survive, battling her own psyche in the process. In a new twist, King works to charm the reader with this sweet little girl who loves baseball.
pickTrue story of John Meyers and Charles Bender, who in 1911 became the first two Native pro baseball players to face off in a World Series.
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“Seems like we were always playing, traveling, or eating. That‘s about all we did. Played the game because we loved it.”
pickNonfiction-It was named the Robert F. Sibert Honor Book. The information is presented clearly and in a storytelling style that makes complex historical events easy to understand. This book is meant for older elementary to middle school students.
As a teacher, I can use this book in the classroom to connect it to social studies. I can teach about segregation and the civil rights movement through the lens of baseball. Students will be able to explore how sports reflect larger issues of equality in American history.
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I don't usually like Country, but this has a good beat.
Bookish Pair: Fyodor Dostoevsky‘s The Brothers Karamazov (1880) 1d