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Extra inningsExtra innings

Extra innings2001

Robert Newton Peck

About this book

After a tragic airplane crash that claims the lives of most of his family, sixteen-year-old Tate goes to live with his wealthy great-grandfather and his adopted black great-aunt Vidalia and he finds unexpected solace in the stories of her childhood spent travelling with a Depression-era Negro baseball team.

Details

First published
2001
OL Work ID
OL1942340W

Subjects

FictionGreat-auntsBaseballGreat-grandfathersInterracial adoptionFamily lifeGreat-grandfathers -- Fiction.Great-aunts -- Fiction.Baseball -- Fiction.Family life -- Southern States -- Fiction.Interracial adoption -- Fiction.Southern States -- Fiction.Children's fictionBaseball, fictionFamily, fictionFamily life, fictionSouthern states, fiction

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