num_pages: 88
description: Using an "Everyman" player as his narrator, Kadir Nelson tells the story of Negro League baseball from its beginnings in the 1920s through the decline after Jackie Robinson crossed over to the majors in 1947. Illustrations from oil paintings by the author.
language: English
title: We are the Ship: The Story of Negro League Baseball
titlecomplete: We are the Ship: The Story of Negro League Baseball
characters: Jackie Robinson, Satchel Paige
genres: History, Cultural, Picture Books, Childrens, African American, Middle Grade, Biography, Sports, Nonfiction, Baseball
ratings_count: 3996
awards: awardedAt: 1199174400000
name: California Book Award
category: Juvenile (Gold), awardedAt: 1262332800000
name: Odyssey Award, awardedAt: 1230796800000
name: Sibert Medal, awardedAt: 1230796800000
name: Coretta Scott King Book Award
category: Author, Illustrator Honor, awardedAt: 1230796800000
name: Judy Lopez Memorial Award for Children's Literature, awardedAt: 1230796800000
name: NCTE Orbis Pictus Honor Book, awardedAt: 1199174400000
name: Casey Award
publisher: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers