Book Detail

Baseball Saved Us

Publication Information
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:  

Recommended audience:
ABE/ABLE:   Yes ESOL:  
Family:   Yes Young Adult:  
Picture:   Yes

General Information:
Book Type(s):    fiction

HSE Descriptor(s):    social studies

Summary:
A young boy in an internment camp finds baseball to be his saving grace, although his determination and spirit is what sees him through.

Teaching Ideas:
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.

Keywords: select any link below for a list of resources which also have that keyword
bullet Emotions-Personal Issues > emotions > determination/perseverance
bullet History > topic > war > World War II
bullet Social Studies > sociology > social issues > racism > prejudice
bullet Sports/Recreation > baseball
bullet History > topic > war > World War II > concentration/internment camps > Japanese internment camps


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