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  We Are the Ship

  The Story of Negro League Baseball

  by Kadir Nelson

  "We are the ship; all else the sea."--Rube Foster, founder of the Negro National League The story of Negro League baseball is the story of gifted athletes and determined owners; of racial discrimination and international sportsmanship; of fortunes won and lost; of triumphs and defeats on and off the field. It is a perfect mirror for the social and political history of black America in the first half of the... (more)
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  Swindle

  by Gordon Korman

  After a mean collector named Swindle cons him out of his most valuable baseball card, Griffin Bing must put together a band of misfits to break into Swindle's compound and recapture the card. There are many things standing in their way -- a menacing guard dog, a high-tech security system, a very secret hiding place, and their general inability to drive -- but Griffin and his team are going to get back what's... (more)
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  All the Lovely Bad Ones

  by Mary Downing Hahn

  Corey and Travis decide to go to Fox Hill Inn instead of summer camp. There has been a history of ghosts in The Inn, but their Grandma doesn't believe in them. Corey and Travis try to scare the guests of the Inn for fun by acting like the ghosts and making wierd noises. But that was a bad idea. They wake the real ghosts up. And they aren't happy. All The Lovely Bad Ones by Mary Downing Hahn is a heart racing eye... (more)