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Age Range
6 - 11
Genre
fiction
Copyright Year
1995-01-01
Page Count
30
Publisher
Lee & Low
Grade Level
K - 6th
ISBN
9781880000199
Lexile
AD550
Themes
sports
japanese american culture
family
perseverance
world war 2

Baseball Saved Us

Written by Ken Mochizuki and Illustrated by Dom Lee

For a young Japanese-American boy sent to an internment camp during World War II, baseball becomes a way to escape his unhappy surroundings.

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Baseball Saved Us Guide for Community Coordinators

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Baseball Saved Us Vocabulary Scaffold

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Age Range
6 - 11
Genre
fiction
Copyright Year
1995-01-01
Page Count
30
Publisher
Lee & Low
Grade Level
K - 6th
ISBN
9781880000199
Lexile
AD550
Themes
sports
japanese american culture
family
perseverance
world war 2
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