Title: Satchel Paige: Don't Look Back
Author: David A. Adler
Illustrator: Terry Widener
Genre: Biography: Primary/Multicultural
Publisher: HarcourtBooks 2007
Age: F- 3rd grade
Summary: This book discusses Satchel Paige's life. He was an awesome pitcher and baseball player. But, he could not be on a Major League Baseball team because he was black. Satchel Paige did not give up and he kept doing what he loved. He did so in hopes that one day he will be able to play on a Major League team. His dream finally came true when he was 42 years old.
Author: David A. Adler
Illustrator: Terry Widener
Genre: Biography: Primary/Multicultural
Publisher: HarcourtBooks 2007
Age: F- 3rd grade
Summary: This book discusses Satchel Paige's life. He was an awesome pitcher and baseball player. But, he could not be on a Major League Baseball team because he was black. Satchel Paige did not give up and he kept doing what he loved. He did so in hopes that one day he will be able to play on a Major League team. His dream finally came true when he was 42 years old.
Response: I did not know much about Satchel Paige before I read this book. He seems like he was a great inspiration for African Americans during the early 1900s. The pictures made me feel as though I knew Satchel. He lived a very interesting life.
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