The Grace of Shortstops

by Robert Mayer

Book Overview

To a growing boy, life without base?ball would be unimaginable, es?pecially in the spring of 1947. History is being made at Ebbets Field. Jackie Robinson is about to break the color line and Brooklyn has a shot at the pennant. In the Bronx, eight-year-old Ben?jamin "Peewee" Brunig dreams of making the major leagues as the next Dodger shortstop; the heir apparent to Pee Wee Reese. But even as he fan?tasizes about the future, the people around him-his...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1612320562
• ISBN13: 9781612320564
• Release Date: February 2011
• Publisher: Speaking Volumes LLC
• Length: 268 Pages
• Weight: 1.09 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"
• Age Range: 8 to 12 years
• Grade Range: Grades 3 to 7