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    <namePart>Lewis, Earl B.</namePart>
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    <publisher>Simon and Schuster</publisher>
    <dateIssued>1998</dateIssued>
    <edition>1st ed.</edition>
    <issuance>monographic</issuance>
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    <extent>15 leaves of plates col. ill. ; 22 x 28 cm.</extent>
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  <abstract>Reginald is more interested in practicing his violin than in his father's job managing the worst team in the Negro Leagues, but when Papa makes him the bat boy and his music begins to lead the team to victory, Papa realizes the value of his son's passion.</abstract>
  <tableOfContents>K</tableOfContents>
  <targetAudience>780 Lexile</targetAudience>
  <targetAudience>K Raz-Plus</targetAudience>
  <note type="statement of responsibility">by Gavin Curtis ; illustrated by E.B. Lewis.</note>
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    <topic>Fiction</topic>
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    <topic>Fiction</topic>
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    <topic>African Americans</topic>
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  <classification authority="lcc">PZ7.C9415 Bat 1998</classification>
  <classification authority="ddc" edition="21">511</classification>
  <identifier type="isbn">9780689841156</identifier>
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