Satchel Paige: Striking Out Jim Crow

By James Sturm

Illustrators Illustrated by Rich Tommaso Publisher Hyperion Imprint Hyperion ISBN

9780786839001

Awards and Honors Book Sense Children’s Picks – Winter 2007/2008 | Booklist Top 10 Black History for Youth | Booklist Top 10 Graphic Novels for Youth | VOYA Nonfiction Honor List, 2007

Satchel Paige: Striking Out Jim Crow

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Discrimination: Racial Insensitivity/Racism,Language: Racial or Ethnic Epithet/Slur,Violence: Graphic Descriptions

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Emmet Wilson loves playing in the Negro Leagues. He makes good money and doesn't have to work for a white man. Then a slide into home-scoring a run off the great pitcher Satchel Paige-blows out his knee. Now stuck working as a sharecropper, Emmet longs for the day when blacks and whites will be treated equally, for the day when his son can attend school instead of working the fields. Throughout Emmet's hard life, Satchel Paige, with his indomitable spirit, provides hope and inspiration. Three-color artwork.

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AR Level 4.3 AR Points 1.0 AR Ready No Canadian Rights Yes Dewey 796.357 Title alpha Satchel Paige: Striking Out Jim Crow Level Graphic Novels Middle Plus Pages Count 96 Summary Satchel Paige’s success and showmanship are set in contrast to the life of Emmet Wilson, a black sharecropper who, as a young ballplayer, once doubled and scored off Paige. Living on the Jennings land in Tuckwilla, Alabama after an injury has cut short his baseball career, Wilson must “humble down” to the bigots of the Jim Crow South. But when an older Satchel Paige, barnstorming with his team, comes to Tuckwilla to play against the local white team run by the Jennings brothers, it makes Emmet reexamine his world. Hearing the fans—both black and white—cheer for a proud black ballplayer who has stared down bigotry gives Emmet hope that the future will be brighter for himself and for his son. Topics Baseball. Money. Satchel Paige (1905?-1982). Taking control. Showmanship. Injuries. Barnstorming. The rich white South. Segregation. Cruelty. Education. Intimidation. Lynching. Religion. Anger. Racial epithets. Pride. Respect. Self-respect. SRC Level 4.600000 SRC Points 5.000000 Trim Size 6 3/4" x 10" Language English JLG Release Date Feb 2008 Minimum grade 5 Maximum grade 8 Reading level Middle Format Print

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