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Black star (Door Of No Return)
Author: Alexander, Kwame

Publisher: Little, Brown (2024)

Classification: Fiction
Physical Description: 372 p., 19 cm

BTSB No: 050126

ISBN: 9780316442596

Ages: 10-14

Grades: 5-9

Subjects:
Novels in verse
Baseball -- Fiction
African Americans -- Fiction
Race relations -- Fiction
United States -- History -- 20th century -- Fiction

Price: $23.08

Summary:
Twelve-year old Black girl Charley, who dreams of becoming the first professional female pitcher, must navigate adolescence during the turbulent segregation era and the beginning of the Great Migration.

Accelerated Reader Information:
   Interest Level: MG+
   Reading Level: 5.30
   Points: 5.0   Quiz: 552199

Awards:
Coretta Scott King Author Honor, 2025

Reviews:
   Kirkus Reviews (+) (08/01/24)
   School Library Journal (+) (10/01/24)
   Booklist (+) (00/07/24)
The Hornbook (00/09/24)

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