Just Like Josh Gibson

Just Like Josh Gibson
Author: Angela Johnson
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages: 36
Release: 2007-01-09
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 141692728X

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The story goes... Grandmama could hit the ball a mile, catch anything that was thrown, and do everything else -- just like Josh Gibson. But unfortunately, no matter how well a girl growing up in the 1940s played the game of baseball, she would have faced tremendous challenges. These challenges are not unlike those met by the legendary Josh Gibson, arguably the best Negro-League player to never make it into the majors. In a poignant tribute to anyone who's had a dream deferred, two-time Coretta Scott King Award-winning author Angela Johnson and celebrated artist Beth Peck offer up this reminder -- that the small steps made by each of us inspire us all.

Josh Gibson

Josh Gibson
Author: William Brashler
Publisher: Ivan R. Dee Publisher
Total Pages: 228
Release: 2000
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 9781566632959

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This illuminating biography introduces an authentic American sports hero and recaptures the mood and style.

Josh Gibson

Josh Gibson
Author: Mark Ribowsky
Publisher: University of Illinois Press
Total Pages: 340
Release: 2004-10-06
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 0252095820

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It is said that Josh Gibson is the only man ever to have hit a fair ball out of Yankee Stadium. Some claim he hit as many as seventy-five home runs in a season. All agreed he was a frightening hitter to face. What Satchel Paige was to pitching in the Negro leagues, Gibson was to hitting: their greatest star, biggest gate attraction, and most important symbol. Though Gibson is best remembered as "the black Babe Ruth," Ruth became a beloved symbol of the national pastime, while Gibson lived a life veiled in the darkness that came both from the shadow world of the Negro leagues and from within his own tortured soul. Mark Ribowsky, the widely acclaimed biographer of Satchel Paige, pulls no punches in his portrait of this magnificent, troubled athlete. This is the most complete, thorough, and authoritative account of the life of black ball's greatest hitter, and one of its most important stars.

Coming Home

Coming Home
Author: Nanette Mellage
Publisher: Troll Communications
Total Pages: 36
Release: 2001
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 9780816770090

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The baseball feats of Josh Gibson remain largely unknown because he played at a time when baseball was segregated by race.

The First Part Last

The First Part Last
Author: Angela Johnson
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages: 84
Release: 2010-05-11
Genre: Young Adult Fiction
ISBN: 1439106584

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Bobby's a classic urban teenager. He's restless. He's impulsive. But the thing that makes him different is this: He's going to be a father. His girlfriend, Nia, is pregnant, and their lives are about to change forever. Instead of spending time with friends, they'll be spending time with doctors, and next, diapers. They have options: keeping the baby, adoption. They want to do the right thing. If only it was clear what the right thing was.

Frankie & Stankie

Frankie & Stankie
Author: Barbara Trapido
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Total Pages: 395
Release: 2017-03-21
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1620408813

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Dinah and her sister Lisa are growing up in 1950s South Africa, where racial laws are tightening. They are two little girls from a dissenting liberal family. Big sister Lisa is strong and sensible, while Dinah is weedy and arty. At school, the sadistic Mrs Vaughan-Jones is providing instruction in mental arithmetic and racial prejudice. And then there's the puzzle of lunch break. "Would you rather have a native girl or a koelie to make your sandwiches?" a first-year classmate asks. But Dinah doesn't know the answer, because it's her dad who makes her sandwiches. As the apparatus of repression rolls on, Dinah finds her own way. As we follow her journey through childhood and adolescence, we enter into one of the darker passages of twentieth-century history.

Lottie Paris and the Best Place

Lottie Paris and the Best Place
Author: Angela Johnson
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages: 18
Release: 2013-03-05
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 1442433760

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The charming and spirited Lottie Paris is back—and she loves the library! Lottie Paris has a favorite place. The library! She loves to go there and read about space. She knows there are rules at the library, but sometimes they are not so easy to follow. The library is Carl’s favorite place, too. And he loves to read about dinosaurs. When Lottie and Carl meet, they become fast friends. Now Lottie reads about dinosaurs, and Carl loves space! After joyously introducing Lottie Paris in Lottie Paris Lives Here, Angela Johnson and Scott Fischer have created a brand-new world for Lottie to dream in—alongside a brand-new friend.

A Certain October

A Certain October
Author: Angela Johnson
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages: 176
Release: 2012-08-28
Genre: Young Adult Fiction
ISBN: 1442417269

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From three-time Coretta Scott King Award–winner Angela Johnson, a wrenching, honest book about surviving the unimaginable and finding a way to go on. Scotty compares herself to tofu: no flavor unless you add something. And it’s true that Scotty’s friends, Misha and Falcone, and her brother, Keone, make life delicious. But when a terrible accident occurs, Scotty feels responsible for the loss of someone she hardly knew, and the world goes wrong. She cannot tell what is a dream and what is real. Her friends are having a hard time getting through to her and her family is preoccupied with their own trauma. But the prospect of a boy, a dance, and the possibility that everything can fall back into place soon helps Scotty realize that she is capable of adding her own flavor to life. With artfully spare prose, acclaimed and award-winning author Angela Johnson explores the ramifications of unexpected death in this compelling coming-of-age story. An ALA Best Fiction for Young Adults pick.

The Power and the Darkness

The Power and the Darkness
Author: Mark Ribowsky
Publisher:
Total Pages: 338
Release: 1996
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN:

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"There's a distinct sound that results from a great hitter making pure contact with a baseball, a thunder-clap of power that lesser hitters can only aspire to. Before his first exposure to Josh Gibson, long-time Negro leagues all-star Buck O'Neil had heard the sound just once, coming from the bat of Babe Ruth. It is as "the black Babe Ruth" that Gibson is best remembered, but while Ruth invited the adoration of millions with his easy smile, becoming a beloved symbol of the national pastime, Gibson lived his life bathed in the darkness that came both from the shadow world of the Negro leagues and from within his own tortured soul." "The legends that grew up around Gibson are legion. It is said that he is the only man to have hit a fair ball out of Yankee Stadium. Some claim he hit as many as seventy-five home runs in a season. He was a fightening hitter to face, and in addition he played the most demanding position on the field, donning the mask, chest protector, and shin guards - the so-called tools of ignorance - required to play catcher, the defensive team's true leader and quarterback. What Satchel Paige was to pitching in the Negro leagues, Gibson was to hitting: their greatest star, biggest gate attraction, and most important symbol." "But while Satchel Paige was not just a pitcher but an entertainer, mindful of the need to please the crowd and always ready to join what he called "the social ramble," Gibson was a harder man, a victim of a harder life. Forever haunted by the death in childbirth of the woman he loved, he destroyed his body through drink and drugs even as he kept launching tape-measure home runs into the far reaches of the bleachers. Even at his peak, it was not unusual for him to spend part of a season in a hospital, drying out or under sedation for his violent rages. If Satchel Paige is baseball's Louis Armstrong, belatedly loved as an accommodating caricature that belies the greatness of his accomplishments, Josh Gibson is its Charlie Parker, a genius dead too soon in a body that bore the consequences of the life he led."--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved

Shoes Like Miss Alice's

Shoes Like Miss Alice's
Author: Angela Johnson
Publisher: Orchard Books (NY)
Total Pages: 32
Release: 1995
Genre: African Americans
ISBN: 9780531086643

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A child spends the day with the lively new babysitter, Miss Alice.