{"product_id":"warrior-on-the-mound","title":"Warrior on the Mound","description":"This intense, evocative story of racial unrest in prewar North Carolina ends with a dramatic match between white and Black little league teams.\n\n1935. Twelve-year-old Cato wants nothing more than to play baseball, perfect his pitch, and meet Mr. Satchel Paige––the best pitcher in Negro League baseball. But when he and his teammates “trespass” on their town’s whites-only baseball field for a practice, the resulting racial outrage burns like a brushfire through the entire community, threatening Cato, his family, and every one of his friends.\n\nThere’s only one way this can end without violence: It has to be settled on the mound, between the white team and the Black. Winner takes all.\n\nWritten in first person with a rich, convincing voice, Warrior on the Mound is about the experience of segregation; about the tinderbox environment of the prewar South; about having a dream; about injustice, and, finally, about dialogue.\n\nBack matter includes an author's note, historical background, biographical information about Negro League players, and more.\n\nA Bank Street Best Children's Book of the Year\nA Junior Library Guild Gold Standard Selection\nOne of Evanston Public Library's 101 Great Books for Kids\nA New York Public Library Best Book of the Year!\nAn NCSS-CBC Notable Social Studies Trade Book\nA BCALA Best of the Best Title\u003cbr\u003eASIN: 0823453782\u003cbr\u003eVSKU: DBV.0823453782.G\u003cbr\u003eCondition: Good\u003cbr\u003eAuthor\/Artist:Headen, Sandra W.\u003cbr\u003eBinding: Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNote:\u003c\/b\u003e Any images shown are stock photographs and product may differ from what is shown.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Notes\u003c\/b\u003e: Gently used with minimal wear on the corners and cover. A few pages may contain light highlighting or writing, but the text remains fully legible. Dust jacket may be missing, and supplemental materials like CDs or codes may not be included. May be ex-library with library markings. Ships promptly!  \u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Dream Books Co.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41382138347578,"sku":"DBV.0823453782.G","price":4.39,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/6011\/0138\/files\/0823453782-0.jpg?v=1777312197","url":"https:\/\/shop.dreambooksco.com\/products\/warrior-on-the-mound","provider":"Dream Books Co.","version":"1.0","type":"link"}