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Mickey Mantle's Last Home Run

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Description

TJ and Jonathan are teen-age friends and teammates on the JV baseball team. Like many young people growing up in America in the late sixties, they have heroes. For TJ, who is white, it is Mickey Mantle, the aging star of the New York Yankees. For Jonathan, who is black, it is Martin Luther King Jr., the leader of the civil rights movement. Unfortunately, 1968 is a bad year for heroes and-America. Their friendship is strained to the breaking point when Martin Luther King Jr. is assassinated. Jonathan, who is devastated by the murder, blames all white people, TJ included. TJ then has to struggle through the challenges of the JV baseball season in his racially-torn town, without the support of his friend. Is there anything that can repair their broken bond? Would it take still another American tragedy?

Author Biography:

Steven A. Falco grew up playing baseball in the New Jersey suburbs of New York City. He majored in English at Montclair State University where he studied Steinbeck, Dylan, and Berra. Falco worked for many years in social services and continues to play ball. He is the author of Grandpa Gordy's Greatest World Series Games.
Release date NZ
December 21st, 2018
Pages
226
Audience
  • Teenage / Young Adult
Illustrations
Illustrations, black and white
Dimensions
127x203x13
ISBN-13
9781532052088
Product ID
29039065

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