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1) Mookie Betts
Author
Series
Publisher
FLY!,, an imprint of Abdo Zoom
Pub. Date
[2020]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.5 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
24 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Introduces readers to the life and career of baseball star Mookie Betts"
Author
Series
Publisher
Chelsea House Publishers
Pub. Date
1997
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.2 - AR Pts: 2
Physical Desc
63 P. ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
A biography of the Baltimore Orioles' shortstop who earned the nickname Iron Man in 1995 when he broke Lou Gehrig's record for most consecutive games played.
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2023.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"While most athletes excel in just one sport, Jim Thorpe was different. Born in Oklahoma in 1887, he played both professional football and baseball, and ran track and field. Jim was not only a sports icon but also a trailblazer. Raised as part of the Sac and Fox tribal nation, he was the first Native American person to win an Olympic gold medal for the United States. And although his personal life was not always as successful as his career, Jim remains...
Author
Series
Publisher
Roaring Brook Press
Pub. Date
2022.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.5 - AR Pts: 3
Physical Desc
104 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Meet Puerto Rican Baseball Hall of Famer Roberto Clemente-once just a kid from Carolina, Puerto Rico, who loved to play baseball on the streets of his hometown with friends and family. As a right fielder, Roberto played eighteen seasons with Major League Baseball, but his life was tragically cut short when a plane he chartered to bring earthquake relief supplies to Nicaragua crashed. The first Latin American player to be inducted into the National...
Author
Publisher
Blue River Press
Pub. Date
[2016]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 2
Physical Desc
116 pages : illustrations, maps ; 20 cm
Language
English
Description
Roberto Clemente became a baseball icon because of his talent and compassion, and how he overcame prejudices. He was drafted from Puerto Rico, where he spoke Spanish, when he was just eighteen. At first fans laughed at his Spanish accent and some even disliked him for the color of his skin. Roberto worked hard to prove his critics wrong and improve his baseball skills. He became one of the game's greatest hitters while he played for the Pittsburgh...
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