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Chief Sunrise, John McGraw, and Me
By Tocher, Timothy
Publishers Summary:
- ISBN
- 978-0-81262-711-4
- Publisher
- Chicago : Cricket Books, 2004.
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School Library Journal
Reviewed on September 1, 2004
Gr 5-9 In this fast-paced baseball yarn, Hank Cobb, 15, is leading a vagabond existence with his abusive alcoholic father in 1919. When the man gets in trouble again, Hank hops a freight train, but refuses to help his father climb aboard. Inside the boxcar he meets Chief Sunrise, a 19-year-old who introduces himself as "the greatest Indian to ever step on a baseball diamond." The two hit it off and begin a series of adventures together as Chief seeks to meet up with Giants' manager John McGraw. After they arrive i...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
