Black star

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Author:
Alexander, Kwame
Series:
Door of no return trilogy
Publisher:
Little, Brown and Company
Publication Date:
2024
Edition:
First edition
Language:
English
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Bill (LPL) Juvenile Fiction
JF Alexander

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Twelve-year old Black girl Charley, who dreams of becoming the first professional female pitcher, must navigate adolescence during the turbulent segregation era and the beginning of the Great Migration.

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African Americans
African Americans -- Juvenile fiction
Baseball stories
Historical fiction
History
Novels in verse
Race relations
Racism
Racism -- Juvenile fiction
Racism against Black people
Racism against Black people -- Juvenile fiction
United States -- History -- 20th century -- Juvenile fiction
United States -- Race relations -- 20th century -- Juvenile fiction
Women baseball players
Women baseball players -- Juvenile fiction

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ISBN:
9780316442596
Accelerated Reader:
MG+
Level 5.3, 5 Points

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