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Title Barbed wire baseball / written by Marissa Moss ; illustrated by Yuko Shimizu.
Author Moss, Marissa.
Publication Info. New York : Abrams Books for Young Readers, 2013.
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Copies/Volumes
Location Call No. Status
 Chickasaw  J B ZENIMURA    Checked Out
 Orlando Public Library (Downtown) - Children's  J B ZENIMURA    Check Shelves
 Windermere  J B ZENIMURA    Check Shelves
Description 39 p. : ill. (chiefly col.) ; 29 cm.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary Traces the childhood dream of Japanese-American baseball pioneer Kenichi Zenimura of playing professionally and his family's struggles in a World War II internment camp where he introduces baseball to raise hope.
Subject Baseball -- United States -- History -- 20th century -- Juvenile literature.
Japanese Americans -- Evacuation and relocation, 1942-1945 -- Juvenile literature.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Juvenile literature.
Zenimura, Kenichi, 1900-1968 -- Juvenile literature.
Added Author Shimizu, Yuko, 1965- ill.
ISBN 9781419705212 : $18.95
1419705210