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050 0 0 _aPZ7.M992
_bJi 2001
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100 1 _aMyers, Walter Dean,
_d1937-2014.
245 1 4 _aThe journal of Biddy Owens :
_bthe Negro leagues /
_cby Walter Dean Myers.
260 _aNew York :
_bScholastic,
_c2001.
300 _a141 pages :
_billustrations ;
_c22 cm.
505 _aQ
520 _aTeenager 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.
521 _a920
_bLexile
521 _aQ
_bRaz-Plus
650 0 _aAfrican Americans
_vJuvenile fiction.
650 1 _aBaseball
_vFiction.
650 1 _aNegro Leagues
_vFiction.
650 1 _aAfrican Americans
_vFiction.
650 1 _aSegregation
_vFiction.
650 1 _aPrejudices
_vFiction.
650 1 _aDiaries
_vFiction.
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