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| 000 -LEADER | |
|---|---|
| fixed length control field | 01868nam a22001457a 4500 |
| INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
| International Standard Book Number | 9780316442695 |
| AUTHOR NAME | |
| AUTHOR NAME | Kwame Alexander |
| TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | Black star |
| PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) | |
| Place of publication, distribution, etc | New York, NY, USA |
| Name of publisher, distributor, etc | Little Brown Company |
| Date of publication, distribution, etc | 2024 |
| GENERAL NOTE | |
| General note | A Coretta Scott King Honor Book |
| SUMMARY, ETC. | |
| Summary, etc | 12-year old Charley Cuffey is many things: a granddaughter, a best friend, and probably the best pitcher in all of Lee’s Mill. Set on becoming the first female pitcher to play professional ball, Charley doesn't need reminders from her best friend Cool Willie Green to know that she has lofty dreams for a Black girl in the American South. Even so, Nana Kofi's thrilling stories about courageous ancestors and epic journeys make it impossible not to dream big. She knows he has so many more to tell, but according to her parents, she isn't old enough to know about certain things like what happened to Booker Preston that one night in Great Bridge and why she can never play on the brand-new real deal baseball field on the other side of town. When Charley challenges a neighborhood bully to a game at the church picnic, she knows she can win, even with her ragtag team. But when the picnic spills over onto their ball field, she makes a fateful decision. A child cannot protect herself if she does not know her history, and Charley's choice brings consequences she never could have imagined. In this riveting follow up to The Door of No Return, set during the turbulent segregation era, and the beginning of The Great Migration, Kwame Alexander weaves a spellbinding story of struggle, determination, and the unflappable faith of an American family. |
| SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name as entry element | baseball |
| -- | dreams |
| -- | determination |
| -- | segregation era |
| -- | bullying |
| -- | multigenerational |
| -- | family |
| -- | prejudice |
| -- | racism |
| -- | story in verse |
| -- | poetry |
| ADDED ENTRY ELEMENTS (KOHA) | |
| Koha item type | 02. English Fiction |
| Piece designation (barcode) | Koha full call number | School Code | Collection |
|---|---|---|---|
| upei17755 | F ALE | Education Learning Commons | Bk #2 - story in verse |