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STUMPTOWN KID
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Written by
Carol Gorman and Ron J. Findley
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Hardcover: $15.95
ISBN: 978-1-56145-337-5
Total Pages: 224
Size: 6 x 8 1/2 inches
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Paperback: $8.95
ISBN: 978-1-56145-412-9
Total Pages: 272
Size: 6 x 8-1/2
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Middle Reader, ages 8-12/Fiction/History/Sports
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Carol Gorman is the author of more than a dozen award-winning books for kids, including The Marvelous Makeover Of Lizard Flanagan, Dork In Disguise, Dork On The Run; and A Midsummer Night's Dork. She is a former middle school teacher and holds a bachelor's degree from the University of Iowa. Gorman lives in Iowa.You can visit Carol Gorman's website at: www.carolgorman.com
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Ron J. Findley was involved in baseball since he was a boy growing up in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. As a child he was always looking for a sandlot baseball game, and many of the ideas for Stumptown Kid are based on his memories of that time. He coached youth football, baseball, and softball teams for many years. He passed away in 2010.
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This dramatic and moving story set in the days of the Negro Leagues illustrates the true meanings of friendship, prejudice, and heroism.
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Accelerated Reader & Reading Counts Tests:
Reading Counts Test #: Q39933
Reading Counts Level: 3.3
AR Quiz#: 102992
AR Reading Level: 3.7
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TWELVE-YEAR-OLD CHARLIE NEBRASKA wants two things he can't get: to make the local Wildcats Baseball team and to have life to return to the way it was before his father died two years earlier in the Korean War.
Then Charlie meets Luther Peale, a stranger who quietly and mysteriously arrives in the small town of Holden, Iowa, and sets up camp near the river. Luther is a former Negro Baseball League player, and Charlie loves baseball. The two strike up a friendship and Luther agrees to coach Charlie's fledgling neighborhood baseball team for a game against the Wildcats.
But many of Holden's white residents are suspicious of Luther because of his skin color. And when Charlie inadvertently reveals a secret of Luther's, violence erupts in the town and both Luther and Charlie are drawn into serious danger.
Authors Carol Gorman and Ron Findley have created two highly memorable, emotionally complex characters in this dramatic story that illustrates the meanings of friendship, prejudice, and heroism.
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Reviews
"Themes of honesty, loyalty, and heroism are imbedded in this powerful, fast-paced story... Readers will enjoy this winning mix of sports, suspense, and heroism, and delight in the baseball wit and wisdom."School Library Journal
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Awards
* 2006 Paterson Prize for Books for Young People (grades 7-12)
* 2005 Kansas State Reading Circle Recommended Reading List
* 2005-2006 Pennsylvania Young Adult Top Forty List
* 2008-2009 Sunshine State Young Readers Award Master List (grades 3-5)
* Honorable mention, 2005 Outstanding Book Award, Gustavus Myers Center for the Study
of Bigotry and Human Rights
* List, 2006-2007 Emphasis on Reading Program (grades 4-6) (AL)
* Nominee, 2006-2007 Great Stone Face Book Award (NH)
* Nominee, 2006-2007 KSRA Young Adult Book Award (PA)
* Nominee, 2007-2008 Iowa Teen Award Reading List
* Nominee, 2007-2008 South Carolina Children's Book Awards
* Nominee, 2008 Louisiana Young Readers’ Choice Awards
* Nominee, 2008 Sasquatch Award (WA)
* Nominee, 2009-2010 Nutmeg Children's Book Award
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