Twelve-year-old Nick loves baseball so after a year in the hospital fighting polio and with a brace on one leg, Nick takes a job with the team for which his father is catcher and gets to see the great pitcher, Satchel Paige, play during the 1935 season. Includes historical notes.
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Wilson's Children, October 2012 Wilson's Junior High School, October 2012 School Library Journal, February 2012 Booklist, February 2012 Horn Book, November 2012 Bulletin (Center for Children's books), April 2012 Voice of Youth Advocates (V.O.Y.A.), February 2012 Kirkus Review, November 2011 Library Media Connection, May 2012 Wilson's Children Wilson's Junior High School School Library Journal
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