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The Journal of Biddy Owens The Negro Leagues

The Journal of Biddy Owens The Negro Leagues

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by Walter Dean Myers

Book Details

Publisher: Scholastic
Published: 2000
Language: en
Pages: 141
ISBN: 9780439445726
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Low confidence estimate: 60%

Looky Rating System Score adjusted for ages 13+

Content Intensity

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2
💥ViolenceLow
1
❤️Love & RomanceVery low
2
🧠Mental HealthLow
2
💬!*$#LanguageLow
0
🍷🚬Substance UseNone
2
😨Fear / HorrorLow

Story Themes

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0
🧙Fantasy / SupernaturalNot present
0
🏳️‍🌈LGBTQ+ RepresentationNot present
0
🚀Sci-Fi / FuturisticNot present
0
♿Disability & NeurodiversityNot present

Description

Teenager Biddy Owens' 1948 journal about working for the Birmingham Black Barons includes the games and the players, racism the team faces from New Orleans to Chicago, and his family's resistance to his becoming a professional baseball player. Includes a historical note about the evolution of the Negro Leagues.

Themes & Topics

Birmingham Black Barons (Baseball team) -- Juvenile fictionAfrican Americans -- Juvenile fictionBaseball -- Juvenile fictionNegro leagues -- Juvenile fictionSegregation -- Juvenile fictionPrejudices -- Juvenile fictionAfrican Americans -- Diaries -- Juvenile fiction
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