Waiting for Pumpsie
By: Barry Wittenstein ; illustrated by London Ladd
Contributors: Ladd, London, illustrator
Published: 2017
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9781580895453
Copyright date: 2017
Subjects: African American baseball players; Discrimination; Juvenile fiction; African American families; Boston Red Sox (Baseball team); Fiction; Baseball; Discrimination in sports; African Americans; History
Description: In 1959 Bernard is a young Red Sox fan, troubled by the lack of Black players in major league baseball, especially as there are none at all on his favorite team--but change is coming in the form of a rookie named Pumpsie Green.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.