Something to Prove: The Great Satchel Paige vs. Rookie Joe Dimaggio
by Robert Skead and Floyd Cooper
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- Grade
- 1-5
- Genre
- Biography
- Nonfiction
- Sports
- Picture Book
Year Published 2013
Word Count 2,000
- Text Complexity
- Lexile Level: 800L
- ATOS Reading Level: 4.5
- AR Quiz Numbers
- Quiz 156780, 0.5 AR Points
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- Curricular Area
- English Language Arts
- History
- Physical Education
- Subject Headings
- DiMaggio, Joe
- Baseball players--United States--Social conditions--Juvenile literature
- Juvenile Nonfiction | Biography & Autobiography | General
- DiMaggio, Joe, 1914-1999--Juvenile literature
- Baseball players
- Discrimination in sports--United States--History--Juvenile literature
- Juvenile Nonfiction | Sports & Recreation | Baseball & Softball
- Paige, Satchel
- Paige, Satchel, 1906-1982--Juvenile literature
- History
- United States
- Social conditions
- Discrimination in baseball
- Lists With This Book
- Black History 2014
- African American Experience
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Audio Name Pronunciation with Floyd Cooper
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Book Guides, Activities & Lessons 3
Nonfiction Read and Respond Multi-Leveled Lesson
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Selection, 2014
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