{"product_id":"warrior-on-the-mound","title":"Warrior on the Mound","description":"\u003cb\u003eThis intense, evocative story of racial unrest in prewar North Carolina ends with a dramatic match between white and Black little league teams.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e1935. Twelve-year-old Cato wants nothing more than to play baseball, perfect his pitch, and meet Mr. Satchel Paige--the best pitcher in Negro League baseball. But when he and his teammates \"trespass\" on their town's whites-only baseball field for a practice, the resulting racial outrage burns like a brushfire through the entire community, threatening Cato, his family, and every one of his friends. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThere's only one way this can end without violence: It has to be settled on the mound, between the white team and the Black. Winner takes all. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWritten in first person with a rich, convincing voice, \u003ci\u003eWarrior on the Mound \u003c\/i\u003eis about the experience of segregation; about the tinderbox environment of the prewar South; about having a dream; about injustice, and, finally, about dialogue. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBack matter includes an author's note, historical background, biographical information about Negro League players, and more. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eA Bank Street Best Children's Book of the Year\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA Junior Library Guild Gold Standard Selection\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eOne of Evanston Public Library's 101 Great Books for Kids\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA New York Public Library Best Book of the Year!\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAn NCSS-CBC Notable Social Studies Trade Book\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA BCALA Best of the Best Title\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cdiv style=\"display:none\"\u003eISBN-10: 0823453782\u003cbr\u003eISBN-13: 9780823453788\u003cbr\u003eAuthor: Headen, Sandra W.\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Holiday House\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Holiday House","offers":[{"title":"Paperback (May 2025)","offer_id":46356556480709,"sku":"9780823460656","price":14.29,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0708\/6414\/2533\/files\/9780823453788.jpg?v=1781309307","url":"https:\/\/www.inveni.store\/products\/warrior-on-the-mound","provider":"Inveni","version":"1.0","type":"link"}