CHILDREN'S
Released: April 1, 2012
"Young fans of Robert Newton Peck's Soup titles will find much to enjoy in this funny, episodic, historical novel full of realistic characters and light family drama. (Historical fiction. 8-11)"
How is a guy supposed to live down taking a baseball to the noggin in
the critical moment of an inter-town baseball game in the waning days of summer 1947?
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CHILDREN'S
Released: Feb. 1, 2012
"A simply drawn picture of a shameful chapter in this country's race relations, sharing a theme with Ken Mochizuki's classic, angry Baseball Saved Us (1993) but less an indictment than a portrait of patience in adversity. (afterword, source list) (Historical fiction. 10-12)"
In episodic bursts, a Nisei lad describes two and a half years of making do in a World War II–era relocation camp.
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CHILDREN'S
Released: Sept. 1, 2009
"Effortless period dialogue, fully developed secondary characters and a perfectly paced plot combine to create a solid-gold sequel that will not disappoint. (author's note) (Historical fiction. 10 & up)"
Choldenko hits a grand slam with this richly rewarding sequel about baseball-loving Moose and his life on Alcatraz in 1935.
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CHILDREN'S
Released: April 1, 2009
"A memorable debut. (Historical fiction. 10-14)"
Matt Pin's story, told in first-person verse, opens with the evacuation of refugees near the end of the Vietnam War.
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CHILDREN'S
Released: March 1, 2009
"The fictional voice is sure and engaging, polished without being slick—an entertaining and compelling look at the deep roots of our national pastime. (author's notes) (Historical fiction. 9-13)"
Nearly nine generations span the years from Alexander Cartwright's 1840s Knickerbocker Base Ball days to the present, and Gratz places a young character from a fictional family of Brooklynites in each, threading their stories together with the development of the American bat and ball game.
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CHILDREN'S
Released: Feb. 24, 2009
"Lovely and memorable. (Fiction. 10-14)"
