
The Home-Run King
2008
First Published
3.74
Average Rating
96
Number of Pages
Part of Series
Award-winning author Patricia C. McKissack's story about one black family's history is perfect for Black History Month! Brothers Tank and Jimbo Turner love sneaking into Nashville's Sulphur Dell Ballpark to watch the superstars of Negro League baseball. When Josh Gibson, the famous home-run hitter for the Homestead Grays, bunks at their house, the boys think they're one step away from heaven. With warmth and humor, the fourth installment of Patricia C. McKissack's family saga brings to life an era of all-black baseball for readers who may not know that Major League teams were once restricted only to white players.
Avg Rating
3.74
Number of Ratings
35
5 STARS
26%
4 STARS
31%
3 STARS
37%
2 STARS
3%
1 STARS
3%
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Author

Patricia C. McKissack
Author · 63 books
Patricia C. McKissack was the Newbery Honor, Coretta Scott King Award-winning author of The Dark-Thirty and Porch Lies an ALA Notable Book. She collaborated with Jerry Pinkney on Goin' Someplace Special (Coretta Scott King Award winner) and Mirandy and Brother Wind (Coretta Scott King Award winner and Caldecott Honor Book).