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Title details for Stumptown Kid by Carol Gorman - Available

Stumptown Kid

by Carol Gorman
Ron J. Findley
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Twelve-year-old Charlie Nebraska wants two things he can't get: to make the local Wildcats baseball team and to have life return to the way it was before his father died two years earlier in the Korean War. Then Charlie meets Luther Peale, a stranger who quietly and mysteriously arrives in the small town of Holden, Iowa. The two strike up a friendship and Luther agrees to coach Charlie's fledgling neighborhood baseball team for a game against the Wildcats. But many of Holden's white residents are suspicious of Luther because of his skin color. And when Charlie inadvertently reveals a secret of Luther's, violence erupts in the town and both Luther and Charlie are drawn into serious danger.

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  • Release date

    August 24, 2010

  • Formats

    • OverDrive Listen audiobook

      • ISBN: 9781935430452
      • File size: 144234 KB
      • Duration: 05:00:29

  • Languages

    • English

  • Levels

    • ATOS Level: 3.7
    • Lexile® Measure: 620
    • Interest Level: 4-8(MG)

  • Reviews

    • AudioFile Magazine
      Eleven-year-old Charlie loves baseball and misses his father, who was killed in the Korean War. When Charlie tries out for the premier baseball team, he's disappointed when he doesn't make the cut. Along comes Luther Peale, a former baseball player in the Negro League, whom Charlie persuades to coach his "Stumptown" team. Things take a turn, though, when a crime Luther is accused of comes to light and race relations in the town take an ugly turn. Terry Bregy's narration makes 1952 Holden, Iowa, seem real. His softer register gives tones of both patience and exasperation to Charlie's mother as she navigates being a single parent. He imbues Luther with a slower, unruffled cadence as he coaches Charlie's team and faces down his past. A.R. (c) AudioFile 2010, Portland, Maine

Formats

  • OverDrive Listen audiobook

subjects

Languages

  • English

Levels

  • ATOS Level:3.7
  • Lexile® Measure:620
  • Interest Level:4-8(MG)

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