In 1845, Felix Schneider crafts a baseball from the burned remains of his leather shoes and vows to "find a way to get back in the game" after damaging his legs in a fire. His son, Louis, carries this baseball as a good luck charm throughout his service in the Civil War, then trades it for a Confederate soldier's homemade bat after the two bond over baseball. The bat will eventually be lost, but a love of baseball will connect nine consecutive generations of this Brooklyn family. Author notes.
Title alpha The Brooklyn Nine: A Novel in Nine Innings
Level Sports Middle Plus
Pages Count 272
Topics Baseball. Baserunning. The garment industry. Immigrants. Rules. Fire. Firefighters. Fire breaks. Gunpowder. Injuries. Leather baseballs. The Civil War. Confederate money. Battlefields. Baseball bats. Choosing teams. Mike "King" Kelly (1857-1894). Vaudeville shows. Being drunk. Pawn shops. Racism. Anti-Semitism. Bullies. Names. Cyclone Joe Williams, a.k.a. Smokey Joe Williams (1886?-1946?). Fistfights. Tryouts. Gambling. Newspaper reporters. Floyd Caves "Babe" Herman (1903-1987). Fixing a bet. The All-American Girls Professional Baseball League. Being a rookie. Winning. Teammates. World War II. Superstitions. V-E Day. Loss. Grief. Baseball cards. Flipping cards. Sputnik. <i>Duck and Cover</i>. Mutually Assured Destruction. Pitching. Little League teams. Coaches. <i>Star Wars</i>. Perfect games. Sentimental value. Spoiled children. Antique shops. Collectibles. Stamp collectors. Provenance. Fan sites. Negotiations.
SRC Level 5.500000
SRC Points 16.000000
Lexile 840L
Trim Size 5 1/2" x 8 1/4"
JLG Span Spring
Language English
Publication date 2009-02-28
JLG Release Date May 2009
Minimum grade 5
Maximum grade 8
Reading level Middle
Format Print
Sports Middle Plus (Grades 5-8)
Sports Middle Plus
Sports Middle Plus (Grades 5-8)
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