El Duque: The Story of Orlando Hernandez

By Kenneth Lafreniere

Book Overview

Lafreniere presents a biography of the New York Yankees pitcher who defected from Cuba in a wooden fishing boat after achieving great success on the Cuban national team and earning the respected... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0375801979
• ISBN13: 9780375801976
• Release Date: March 1999
• Publisher: Random House Books for Young Readers
• Length: 95 Pages
• Weight: 0.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 8.0" x 0.3" x 5.3"
• Age Range: 8 to 12 years
• Grade Range: Grades 3 to 7

Customer Reviews

WOW!!

I may not be a Yanks fan (actually I'm sick of the Yanks) but Hernandez went on along path to freedom from communism. That's something all of us take for granted. You have read this book!

WEST COASTER LOVES THE YANKS!!!

Being a die-hard Yanks fan living on the west coast, reading this book made me feel the pulse of the city where baseball is king (after Rudy G, of course). Mr. Lafreniere has done it again! Kudos Kenneth!

Awesome!!!!!

This is one of the best books I have read. As a die-hard Yankee fan, I love El Duque, and was excited to read his biography. I highly recommend this book to baseball fans everywhere!!!