Barbed wire baseball / written by Marissa Moss ; illustrated by Yuko Shimizu.

Traces the childhood dream of Japanese-American baseball pioneer Kenichi Zenimura of playing professionally and his family's struggles in a World War II internment camp where he introduces baseball to raise hope.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Moss, Marissa
Other Authors: Shimizu, Yuko, 1965- (Illustrator)
Language:English
Published: New York : Abrams Books for Young Readers, 2013.
Series:MSU Children's & YA Literature Collection.
Subjects:
Zenimura, Kenichi, > 1900-1968 > Juvenile literature.
Baseball > United States > History > 20th century > Juvenile literature.
Japanese Americans > Forced removal and internment, 1942-1945 > Juvenile literature.
World War, 1939-1945 > Juvenile literature.
Biographies.
Genre:
Juvenile literature.
Biographies.
Physical Description:39, 1 unnumbered page : illustrations (some color) ; 29 cm
Format: Book
Description
Summary:
Traces the childhood dream of Japanese-American baseball pioneer Kenichi Zenimura of playing professionally and his family's struggles in a World War II internment camp where he introduces baseball to raise hope.
Call Number:Zenimura K
BIO
Audience:
800L Lexile
Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9781419705212
1419705210
Reading Program:
Accelerated Reader LG 4.5 0.5 0.5 156562