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Baseball Saved Us |
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Publication Information |
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| Author: Mochizuki, Ken | Illustrator: Lee, Dom |
| Title: Baseball Saved Us | Date: 1993 |
| Publisher: Lee & Low | City: New York |
| ISBN, paperback: 1-880000-01-6 | ISBN, hardback: |
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| ABE/ABLE: Yes | ESOL: |
| Family: Yes | Young Adult: |
| Picture: Yes | |
General Information: |
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| Book Type(s): fiction | |
GED Descriptor(s): social studies |
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Summary: |
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| A young boy in an internment camp finds baseball to be his saving grace, although his determination and spirit is what sees him through. | |
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| This could be used in a unit on war (perhaps with Bunting's The Wall), or in a unit on WW II (with Innocenti's Rose Blanche and Hiroshima No Pika and Faithful Elephants). It may spark good discussions on prejudice, how to handle it, and what causes it or on generations and disempowerment. Compare it with Children of Topaz, a non-fiction account of elementary school children at a Japanese internment camp. There are many websites about Japanese internment including: www. 02.net~cyu/internment/main.html, www. Children-of-the-camps.org/, and www.lib. Utah.edu/spc/photo/9066/9066.htm. | |
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