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The Journal of Biddy Owens
The Negro Leagues
By Myers, Walter Dean
Publishers Summary:
- ISBN
- 978-0-43909-503-7
- Publisher
- New York : Scholastic, 2001.
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School Library Journal
Reviewed on April 1, 2001
Gr 5-Up Myers writes in the voice of the 17-year-old equipment manager for the 1948 Birmingham Black Barons baseball team. Through Biddy's journal, readers are introduced not only to the last great year of the Negro Leagues, but also to the institutional racism and blatant bigotry that existed in mid-20th-century America. The teen documents the action of the games, records the jokes and discussions that take place on the long bus rides to distant ball parks, complains about his younger si...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
