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Black star / by Kwame Alexander.

Alexander, Kwame, (author.).

Summary:

"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 second book of the Door of No Return trilogy, 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."   Provided by Amazon.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9780316442596
  • ISBN: 0316442593
  • Physical Description: 372 pages ; 20 cm.
  • Edition: First edition.
  • Publisher: New York : Little, Brown and Company, 2024.

Content descriptions

Target Audience Note:
Ages 10 and up. Little, Brown and Company.
Subject: African Americans > Juvenile fiction.
Grandfathers > Juvenile fiction.
Granddaughters > Juvenile fiction.
Baseball > Juvenile fiction.
Women baseball players > Juvenile fiction.
Racism against Black people > Juvenile fiction.
Baseball stories.
Friendship > Juvenile fiction.
Families > Juvenile fiction.
Bullies > Juvenile fiction.
United States > Race relations > 20th century > Juvenile fiction.
United States > History > 20th century > Juvenile fiction.
Genre: Novels in verse.
Historical fiction.

Available copies

  • 18 of 24 copies available at Missouri Evergreen. (Show)
  • 1 of 1 copy available at Nevada Public Library System.

Holds

  • 0 current holds with 24 total copies.
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Location Call Number / Copy Notes Barcode Shelving Location Status Due Date
Nevada Public Library J FIC ALE (Text) 32770114760762 Juvenile Middle Reader Available -


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