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Title details for Barbed Wire Baseball by Marissa Moss - Available

Barbed Wire Baseball

by Marissa Moss
Yuko Shimizu
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As a boy, Kenichi "Zeni" Zenimura dreams of playing professional baseball, but everyone tells him he is too small. Yet he grows up to be a successful player, playing with Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig! When the Japanese attack Pearl Harbor in 1941, Zeni and his family are sent to one of ten internment camps where more than 110,000 people of Japanese ancestry are imprisoned without trials. Zeni brings the game of baseball to the camp, along with a sense of hope. This true story, set in a Japanese internment camp during World War II, introduces children to a little-discussed part of American history through Marissa Moss's rich text and Yuko Shimizu's beautiful illustrations. The book includes author and illustrator notes, archival photographs, and a bibliography.
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Publisher: ABRAMS, Inc.

Kindle Book

  • Release date: May 23, 2023

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  • ISBN: 9781613124932
  • Release date: May 23, 2023
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subjects

Biography & Autobiography History Juvenile Nonfiction Sports & Recreations

Languages

English

Levels

ATOS Level:4.5
Lexile® Measure:800
Interest Level:K-3(LG)
Text Difficulty:3-4

As a boy, Kenichi "Zeni" Zenimura dreams of playing professional baseball, but everyone tells him he is too small. Yet he grows up to be a successful player, playing with Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig! When the Japanese attack Pearl Harbor in 1941, Zeni and his family are sent to one of ten internment camps where more than 110,000 people of Japanese ancestry are imprisoned without trials. Zeni brings the game of baseball to the camp, along with a sense of hope. This true story, set in a Japanese internment camp during World War II, introduces children to a little-discussed part of American history through Marissa Moss's rich text and Yuko Shimizu's beautiful illustrations. The book includes author and illustrator notes, archival photographs, and a bibliography.
Expand title description text
Biography & Autobiography History Juvenile Nonfiction Sports & Recreations