Bibliograph

The journal of Biddy Owens, the Negro leagues, Walter Dean Myers

Type

Label

The journal of Biddy Owens, the Negro leagues, Walter Dean Myers

Language

eng

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

no index present

Literary Form

fiction

Main title

The journal of Biddy Owens

Oclc number

44972039

Responsibility statement

Walter Dean Myers

Series statement

My name is America

resource.studyProgramName

Accelerated Reader AR, MG, 5.2, 4, 50162.Reading Counts!, 920, 5.8, 8, Q23863.Accelerated reader, 5.2, 4.0, 50162.

Sub title

the Negro leagues

Summary

Teenager Biddy Owens' 1948 journal about working for the Birmingham Black Barons includes the games and the players, racism the team faces from New Orleans to Chicago, and his family's resistance to his becoming a professional baseball player. Includes a historical note about the evolution of the Negro Leagues

Target audience

pre adolescent

Classification