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This was a VOX book read by the author. A true story about her experience moving from Cuba 🇨🇺 to Decatur, Georgia 🇺🇸. I love how the illustrator Raúl Colón captured her homesickness by transforming the ballfield into a Cuban scene when she smells fresh peanuts. Deedy is one of my favorite authors, she has a way with words that makes her stories rereadable. I'd buy anything by her to read with my students.

8) Well told history of how the Dodgers actually ended up in LA and, briefly, how they ended up in Chavez Ravine. A realistic and compassionate portrayal of the team, the struggles of Walter O‘Malley as he tried to find a way to keep the Dodgers in Brooklyn, and the reality of the deep damage done to the people of Brooklyn by Robert Moses. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ One of my favorite books about the Dodgers.
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This is a propulsive read. Honestly, I had trouble putting it down. Sure. I was a Reds fan as a kid and went from idolizing Rose to hating Rose in my early 20s. But still, I contend that it is an interesting read for anyone who loves sports and, especially, baseball.

Somehow, O'Brien managed to write a book that feels very dense and pulls no punches while keeping the reader constantly engaged.

The 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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True 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.”

Nonfiction-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.