Name: Black Star
SKU: 63784607
Price: 17.34 EUR
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Author: Kwame Alexander
ISBN: 9781839135675

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Andersen Press Ltd.

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9781839135675

Black Star

Kwame Alexander (Author) · Andersen Press Ltd. · Hardcover

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Synopsis "Black Star"

Set during the turbulent segregation era Kwame Alexander weaves a spellbinding story of struggle determination and the unflappable faith of an American family Twelve year old Charley is set on becoming the first female pitcher to play professional baseball even if that s a lofty dream for a Black girl in the American South in the 1920s Even so her grandfather Kofi s thrilling stories about courageous ancestors and epic journeys make it impossible not to dream big She knows he has so much more to tell but according to her parents she isn t old enough to know about certain things like what happened to Booker Preston that one night in Great Bridge and why she can never play on the brand new baseball field on the other side of town When Charley challenges a neighbourhood bully to a game at the church picnic she knows she can win even with her ragtag team Then a dispute on the field leads to Charley making a fateful decision one that will bring consequences she never could have imagined

Kwame Alexander

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Kwame Alexander is an American writer of poetry and children's fiction.

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