Warrior on the Mound
Sandra W. Headen
Erzähler Sean Crisden
Verlag: Tantor Audio
Beschreibung
Narrated 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. 1935. 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.There'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. Written in first person with a rich, convincing voice, Warrior on the Mound is about the experience of segregation; about the tinderbox environment of the prewar South; about having a dream; about injustice, and, finally, about dialogue.A Junior Library Guild Gold Standard Selection One of Evanston Public Library's 101 Great Books for Kids A New York Public Library Best Book of the Year!
Dauer: etwa 5 Stunden (05:15:48) Veröffentlichungsdatum: 10.02.2026; Unabridged; Copyright Year: 2024. Copyright Statment: —

