{"product_id":"warrior-on-the-mound-hardcover-2","title":"Warrior on the Mound - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eSandra W. Headen\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eNarrated by twelve-year-old Cato, this intense and evocative story of racial unrest in prewar North Carolina ends with a dramatic match between white and Black little league teams.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e1935. Twelve-year-old Cato wants nothing more than to play baseball, perfect his pitch, and meet Mr. Satchel Paige--the best pitcher in Negro League baseball. But when he and his teammates \"trespass\" on their town's whites-only baseball field for a practice, the resulting racial outrage burns like a brushfire through the entire community, threatening Cato, his family, and every one of his friends. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThere's only one way this can end without violence: It has to be settled on the mound, between the white team and the Black. Winner takes all. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWritten in first person with a rich, convincing voice, \u003ci\u003eWarrior on the Mound \u003c\/i\u003eis about the experience of segregation; about the tinderbox environment of the prewar South; about having a dream; about injustice, and, finally, about dialogue. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBack matter includes an author's note, historical background, biographical information about Negro League players, and more. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eA Junior Library Guild Gold Standard Selection\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"A HOME RUN.\"--\u003ci\u003eSchool Library Journal\u003c\/i\u003e, starred review\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"NOT TO BE MISSED.\"--\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e, starred review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eSandra W. Headen, a former teacher and researcher at Chapel Hill, is a full-time writer. Her historical middle-grade novel, WARRIOR ON THE MOUND, was awarded SCBWI's On-the-Verge\/Emerging Voices Award for writers from underrepresented groups; in addition, her short story PAPA'S GIFTS (\u003ci\u003eThe Carolina Quarterly\u003c\/i\u003e, March 2019) was awarded the Jones African-American Literary Award by the North Carolina Writers' Network.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 272\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.94 x 8.35 x 5.59 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 05, 2024\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47309978763513,"sku":"9780823453788","price":18.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/9SjpO3i3Gf9780823453788_efc14ca6-5d50-4229-bcba-b5ac17724530.webp?v=1769364922","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/warrior-on-the-mound-hardcover-2","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}