Chosen for 100 Book Challenge by American Reading Company
Notable Book for Older Readers by Sydney Taylor Book Award, Association of Jewish Libraries
Nominated for Manitoba Young Readers’ Choice Award
Booklist US Top Ten Youth in Sports Books 2007
Nominated for Chocolate Lily Award
Book Pick for Young Readers, chosen by Canadian Children's Book Centre and Raise-a-Reader
Bronx, New York, 1947. Joey Sexton’s white mother has just died,
and his black father has long been out of the picture. Suddenly, Joey finds
himself living with his mother’s estranged family in Brooklyn – a Jewish
grandfather, aunt and cousin that Joey never knew he had. Set against the
excitement and controversy of Jackie Robinson becoming the first black man to
play major league baseball, this novel follows Joey’s journey as he tries to
find love and security in a strange and at times unwelcoming new environment.
“Ellen Schwartz tells a heartwarming, poignant story of racial tension, family, belonging and baseball…” Rachel Kamin, Association of Jewish Libraries
ISBN 13: 978-0-88776-765-4, 215 pages, paperback, ages 8 -12
