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McKissack, Pat, 1944-

The home-run king / Home run king Homerun king by Patricia C. McKissack ; illustrated by Gordon C. James. - New York : Viking, c2008. - 92 p. : ill ; 19 cm. - Scraps of time . - Scraps of time. .

Horn Book.

Eleven-year-old Tank and his older brother Jimbo, who both love baseball, can't believe their good fortune when Josh Gibson, home-run king of the Homestead Grays, stays at their house during a series in Nashville.

4.0 Follett Library Resources. 3-6 Follett Library Resources.

ISBN: 9780670010851 (trade : hardcover) 0670010855

LCCN: 2008009442

Subjects--Personal Names:
Gibson, Josh, 1911-1947 --Juvenile fiction.
Gibson, Josh, 1911-1947 --Fiction.
Gibson, Josh, 1911-1947 --Fiction.

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Baseball--Juvenile fiction.
Negro Leagues--Juvenile fiction.
Brothers--Juvenile fiction.
African Americans--Juvenile fiction.
Baseball--Fiction.
Negro Leagues--Fiction.
Brothers--Fiction.
African Americans--Fiction.
Historical fiction.
Baseball--Fiction.
Negro Leagues--Fiction.
Brothers--Fiction.
African Americans--Fiction.
Historical fiction.
Baseball--Fiction.
Negro Leagues--Fiction.
Brothers--Fiction.
African Americans--Fiction.

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
Tennessee--History--20th century--Juvenile fiction.
Tennessee--History--20th century--Fiction.
Tennessee--History--Fiction.
Tennessee--History--Fiction.

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
Historical fiction.

LC Class. No.: PZ7.M478693 / Hn 2008

Dewey Class. No.: [Fic]