King of the mound

By Wes Tooke

Subjects: Fathers and sons, People with disabilities, Poliomyelitis, Baseball, fiction, Baseball stories, African Americans, African americans, fiction, Handicapped, Father-son relationship, Historical fiction, Fathers and sons, fiction, Fiction, Children's fiction, People with disabilities, fiction, Juvenile fiction, History, North dakota, fiction, Baseball

Description: Twelve-year-old Nick loves baseball so after a year in the hospital fighting polio and with a brace on one leg, Nick takes a job with the team for which his father is catcher and gets to see the great pitcher, Satchel Paige, play during the 1935 season. Includes historical notes.