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Contenders : two Native baseball players, one World Series

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2023

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Title:	Contenders : two Native baseball players, one World Series
Author:	Sorell, Traci, author.
Format:	Book
Publisher, Date:	New York, NY : Kokila, 2023. ©2023
Description:	48 pages : color illustrations ; 24 x 29 cm
Summary:	"The true story of John Meyers and Charles Bender, who in 1911 became the first two Native American pro baseball players to face off in a World Series, teaches important lessons about resilience, doing what you love in the face of injustice, and the fight for Native American representation in sports."-- Provided by publisher.
Audience:	Ages 6-9. Kokila. Grades 2-3. Kokila.
Subjects:	Meyers, John Tortes, 1880-1971 -- Juvenile literature. Bender, Charles Albert, 1884-1954 -- Juvenile literature. World Series (Baseball) (1911) -- Juvenile literature. Indian baseball players -- Juvenile literature. Indians of North American -- Biography -- Juvenile literature. Indians of North America -- Sports -- Juvenile literature. Baseball players -- Juvenile literature. Baseball -- United States -- History -- Juvenile literature. Palatine (Ill.) -- BIPOC author. Palatine (Ill.) -- BIPOC subject. Palatine (Ill.) -- Own voices.
Genre:	Creative nonfiction. Biographies. Picture books.
Other Author:	Starr, Arigon, illustrator.
Other Title:	Two Native baseball players, one World Series
ISBN	9780593406472

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