A High Five for Glenn Burke

by Phil Bildner

Book Overview

A 2021 NCTE Charlotte Huck Award Honor Book
A Chicago Public Library Best Book of 2020
A 2021 ALA Rainbow Book
A Bank Street Best Book of 2021

A heartfelt and relatable novel from Phil Bildner, weaving the real history of Los Angeles Dodger and Oakland Athletic Glenn Burke--the first professional baseball player to come out as gay--into the story of a middle-school kid learning to be himself....

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0374312737
• ISBN13: 9780374312732
• Release Date: February 2020
• Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux (Byr)
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 5.4" x 8.2"
• Age Range: 10 to 13 years
• Grade Range: Grades 5 to 8