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• Annotation:
• Told from the point of view from a sharecropper, fictionalized account of some of the real-life experiences of baseball pitcher Satchel Paige, centering on segregation and Jim Crow.
• Creators:
• Author - Rich Tommaso
• Illustrator - Rich Tommaso
• Author - James Strum
• Illustrator - James Strum
• Publication Information:
• Disney/Jump at the Sun, Los Angeles, April 2019
• Color or Black & White:
• 
• Genre:
• Historical Fiction
• Bibliography Available:
• Yes
• Original Language:
• English
• Historical Topic/Event:
• Paige, Satchel, 1906-1982
• Negro Leagues
• African Americans-Legal status, laws, etc.
• Geographic Setting:
• Alabama
• Date Range:
• 1929 - 1944
• Awards:
• 2008 Eisner Award for Best Reality-Based Work; 2008 Glyph Comics Awards for Best Writer and Best Male Character; NAACP Award for Nominee for Best Literary Work - Youth/Teens 2008; Junior Library Guild Selection
• Tags:
• Negro Baseball League, Segregation, Jim Crow, lynching, Sharecropper, Shadow Ball, Barn Storming tour, Satchel Paige, Jackie Robinson
• Notes:
• Reading Age: 10 - 14 years. Grade Level: 5 - 9. Panel Discussion. Introduction by Gerald Lyn Early. First hardback edition 2007. Additional Title: Center for Cartoon Studies presents
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