{"product_id":"satchel-paige-9780689856815","title":"Satchel Paige","description":"\u003cb\u003ePlay ball with Satchel Paige with this nonfiction picture book biography from two Coretta Scott King Award-winning creators.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eNo one pitched like Leroy \"Satchel\" Paige. Fans packed the stands to see how many batters he could strike out in one game. He dazzled them with his unique pitching style, and he even gave nicknames to some of his trademark pitches--there was the \"hesitation,\" his magic slow ball, and the \"bee ball,\" named because it would always \"be\" where he wanted it to be. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFollow Satch'​s career through these beautiful illustrations as he begins playing in the semi-pros and goes on to become the first African American to pitch in a major League World Series, and the first Negro Leaguer to be inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Aladdin Paperbacks\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/01\/2003\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780689856815\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 40\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.44lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 11.58h x 9.30w x 0.16d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003ePW Notes and Reprints\u003c\/i\u003e 12\/16\/2002 pg. 70\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBlack Issues Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/01\/2004 pg. 68\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 12\/16\/2002\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAccelerated Reader Quiz #\/Name: \u003c\/b\u003e35036 \/ Satchel Paige\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReading Level:\u003c\/b\u003e 5.2 \/ \u003cb\u003eInterest Level:\u003c\/b\u003e Lower Grade \/ \u003cb\u003ePoint Value:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.5\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Lesa Cline-Ransome","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52933465637045,"sku":"9780689856815","price":7.64,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/satchel-paige-9780689856815","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}