Myers, Walter Dean  1937-2014. <br/><br/>
The journal of Biddy Owens :  the Negro leagues / 
by Walter Dean Myers. 
 - First paperback printing , October 2002 
 - New York :  Scholastic,  2001 
 - 139 pages :  illustrations ;  20 cm. 
 - My Name is America (11), My Story, Dear America Collections (My Name Is America: Civil Rights, 1948) .
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<br/><br/> 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. 
<br/><br/> 920 <br/>  Lexile <br/>  Z <br/>  Raz-Plus <br/> 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780439445726 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>African Americans--Juvenile fiction.<br/>Baseball--Fiction.<br/>Negro Leagues--Fiction.<br/>African Americans--Fiction.<br/>Segregation--Fiction.<br/>Prejudices--Fiction.<br/>Diaries--Fiction.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>PZ7.M992  /  2001 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>973