King of the Mound: My Summer with Satchel Paige
by Wes Tooke
Baseball legend Satchel Paige changes a boy’s life in this coming-of-age tale... read more
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- Grade
- 3-8
- Genre
- Historical Fiction
- Sports
- Cultural Experience
- African American
Year Published 2012
Word Count 39,582
- Text Complexity
- Lexile Level: 900L
- ATOS Reading Level: 5.6
- AR Quiz Numbers
- Quiz 149825, 6 AR Points
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- Curricular Area
- English Language Arts
- History
- Physical Education
- Subject Headings
- 20th century
- Fathers and sons--Fiction
- Fathers and sons
- Juvenile Fiction | Boys & Men
- Paige, Satchel, 1906-1982--Fiction
- Poliomyelitis--Fiction
- Bismarck (N.D.)--History--20th century--Fiction
- Juvenile Fiction | Sports & Recreation | Baseball
- Children's Books/Ages 9-12 Fiction
- Poliomyelitis
- Baseball
- People with disabilities--Fiction
- Bismarck (N.D.)
- Baseball--Fiction
- African Americans--Fiction
- Paige, Satchel
- Juvenile Fiction | Social Themes | General (see also headings under Family)
- African Americans
- History
- Juvenile Fiction | Historical | United States - 20th Century
- People with disabilities
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- Books From All 50 States - North Dakota
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