num_pages: 141
description: Set in 1948, this story tells of the life and times of Biddy Owens, a young batboy for the Negro Leagues, and the hardships he and his team faced due to bigotry and racial segregation.
language: English
title: The Journal of Biddy Owens: The Negro Leagues, Birmingham, Alabama, 1948
titlecomplete: The Journal of Biddy Owens: The Negro Leagues, Birmingham, Alabama, 1948  (My Name Is America)
genres: Historical, Baseball, Juvenile, Young Adult, Middle Grade, Sports, Diary, Childrens, Historical Fiction, African American
ratings_count: 319
places: Birmingham, Alabama
series: My Name Is America
publisher: Scholastic Inc.