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Baseball is a great escape, but can it solve your problems? Nine-year-old Joey Sexton has to grow up fast – his African American dad is gone, his Jewish mother just died, and now he has been sent to live with his mother’s family in Brooklyn. Joey’s zayde (grandfather) acts as though Joey can’t do anything right. Sure, Joey can play a mean game of baseball, but is that enough to impress the person whose affection he wants most?
Ages 11+
Pages 224
Publisher Tundra Books
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Sydney Taylor Notable Book

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38 Reviews

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Joey has a lot to figure out

Review by Hannah

It's New York in 1947 and Joey Sexton was frantic. Joey had never met his father and now his mother is dead. He got called by Miss MacNeill of the Orphans' Services for the Borough of the Bronx. He wanted to stay with old Miss Webster. Now he would have to live with his girl cousin, Aunt and Zayde who his mother had never mentioned. What if his Zayde didn't like him? What if his cousin was a girly girl? What if people called him bad black names? He had so many questions. One question really worried him: how would he, as a Yankees fan, live in Dodgers' territory? It was true that he was in awe of Jackie Robinson, but how could Joey survive the clothes, hats, signs and cheering from all the Dodgers fans? Moving to the Bronx makes Joey feel scared and insecure for so many reasons. All Joey wants is a place to call home. I recommend this book to baseball fans and people interested in Civil Rights

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Baseball

Review by DrDee

LET'S GO YANKEES!!!!!⚾️⚾️⚾️⚾️🥎🥎🥎

Feb 03, 2023 12:09 PM
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Good book.

Review by Yosef

This book was good, and showed the struggle of African Americans in American history.

Feb 09, 2021 11:18 AM
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Good

Review by Familyfirst

Let's go yankees 💙 I love this book

Nov 02, 2020 08:48 PM
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Review by soccerrocks

Love how he changes from Yankees to dodgers but I hate the dodgers I love how they mentioned civil rights

Mar 03, 2019 11:17 PM
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SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO GOOD!

Review by awesomeddolphin

I know I already submitted a review for this book, but I read it 2 more times and could not stop thinking how amazing this book is. Kudos to Ellen Schwartz!

Feb 02, 2019 12:44 PM