The Brooklyn Nine Hardback - 2009
by Alan Gratz
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- Hardback
1845cheers the New York Knickerbockers as they playThree-Out, All-Out.1908: Walter Snider, batboy for the Brooklyn Superbas,arranges a team tryout for a black pitcher bypretending he is Cuban.1945: Kat Snider of Brooklyn plays for the GrandRapids Chicks in the All-American Girls BaseballLeague.1981: Michael Flint fi nds himself pitching a perfectgame during the Little League season at ProspectPark.And there are fi ve more Schneiders to meet.In nine innings, this novel tells the stories of ninesuccessive Schneider kids and their connection toBrooklyn and baseball. As in all family histories andall baseball games, there is glory and heartache, triumphand sacrifi ce. And it ain't over till it's over.
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- Title The Brooklyn Nine
- Author Alan Gratz
- Binding Hardback
- Edition 1st Edition 1st
- Condition Used - Acceptable
- Pages 299
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Penguin Publishing Group, New York
- Publication date 2009
- Bookseller's Inventory # G0803732244I5N00
- ISBN 9780803732247 / 0803732244
- Weight 0.94 lbs (0.43 kg)
- Dimensions 8.62 x 5.74 x 1.14 in (21.89 x 14.58 x 2.90 cm)
- Age range 09 to 12 years
- Grade levels 4 - 7
- Reading level 840
- Category Children's Books/Ages 9-12 Fiction
- Library of Congress subjects United States - History, Baseball - History
- Library of Congress Catalogue Number 2008021263
- Dewey Decimal Code FIC
- Quantity available 1
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Summary
1845: Felix Schneider, an immigrant from Germany, cheers the New York Knickerbockers as they play Three-Out, All-Out.
1908: Walter Snider, batboy for the Brooklyn Superbas, arranges a team tryout for a black pitcher by pretending he is Cuban.
1945: Kat Snider of Brooklyn plays for the Grand Rapids Chicks in the All-American Girls Baseball League.
1981: Michael Flint fi nds himself pitching a perfect game during the Little League season at Prospect Park.
And there are fi ve more Schneiders to meet.
In nine innings, this novel tells the stories of nine successive Schneider kids and their connection to Brooklyn and baseball. As in all family histories and all baseball games, there is glory and heartache, triumph and sacrifi ce. And it ain?t over till it?s over.
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