Baseball Saved Us

Baseball Saved Us

written by Ken Mochizuki
Illustrated by Dom Lee 


This award winning book is about a Japanese American boy named Shorty. His family was in an interment camp in WWII. He was sad until his father built a baseball field. Shorty was not very good at baseball but her persevered. So many lessons can be discussed about this book.
Ages 8 - 11

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