El b�isbol nos salv�: edici�n especial 25� aniversario - ken mochizuki

40 Books about Sports, Cooperative Childrens Book Center (CCBC) 50 Multicultural Books Every Child Should Know, Cooperative Childrens Book Center (CCBC) Books to Read with Children of All Ages, Bank Street College of Education Choices, Cooperative Childrens Book Center (CCBC) Pick of the List, American Booksellers Association Recommended Title, New York Public Library Now in Spanish, this classic, award-winning picture book tells the story of Shorty and his family, placed in an internment camp after the attack on Pearl Harbor along with thousands of Japanese Americans.

The groundbreaking childrens book about the Japanese American concentration camp experience during World War II.

After the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, Shorty and his family, along with thousands of other Japanese Americans, have been forced to relocate from their home to Camp.

One day Shortys dad looks out across the desert and decides they should build a baseball field.

Fighting the heat, dust, and freezing cold nights, the prisoners need something to look forward to, even if only for nine innings.

So in this unlikely place, surrounded by barbed-wire fences and guards in towers, a baseball league is born.

And Shorty soon finds that he is playing not only to win, but to gain dignity and self-respect.

Inspired by a long-hidden and shameful part of Americas past, and the people who triumphed over it, this modern classic remains a moving story of hope, courage, and endurance.

Translated from Baseball Saved Us , El b�isbol nos salv� is the ultimate rite of passage story.

It will appeal again and again to readers who enjoy cheering for the underdog.