Contenders : two Native baseball players, one World Series / written by Traci Sorell ; illustrated by Arigon Starr.

By:

Sorell, Traci [author.]

Contributor(s):

Starr, Arigon [illustrator.]

Material type: Text

TextPublisher: New York, NY : Kokila, 2023Description: 1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 24 x 29 cmContent type:

text
still image

Media type:

unmediated

Carrier type:

volume

ISBN:

9780593406472

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Additional physical formats: Online version:: ContendersDDC classification:

796.357/640973 23/eng/20221027

LOC classification:

GV865.M493 S67 2023

Summary: "The true story of John Meyers and Charles Bender, who in 1911 became the first two Native American pro baseball players to face off in a World Series, teaches important lessons about resilience, doing what you love in the face of injustice, and the fight for Native American representation in sports"-- Provided by publisher.

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Item type	Current library	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
*Hardcover	Ayers Nonfiction	796.357 SOR (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		408313

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"The true story of John Meyers and Charles Bender, who in 1911 became the first two Native American pro baseball players to face off in a World Series, teaches important lessons about resilience, doing what you love in the face of injustice, and the fight for Native American representation in sports"-- Provided by publisher.

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