Becoming Joe DiMaggio
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"With ineffable tenderness and absolute clarity, Testa tells a tale in blank verse. . . . Powerfully moving as it braids together baseball, family, and the Italian-American experience." — Booklist (starred review)
It's 1936, and the Yankees have just hired a star center fielder whose name sounds like music. What could be a better time for Papa-Angelo's grandson to be born? Christened after the legendary ballplayer, young Joseph Paul learns much at his Italian grandfather's knee — about holding your breath in front of the radio during a 3-2 count with the bases loaded and having the audacity to dream big dreams. "Each poem is a perfect, gripping chapter," says Kirkus Reviews in a starred review of this novel in verse, which honors the timeless bond between a grandson and his immigrant grandfather — and the process of finding one's own place in a brave new world.
Becoming Joe DiMaggio
By Maria Testa
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It's 1936, and the Yankees have just hired a star center fielder whose name sounds like music. What could be a better time for Papa-Angelo's grandson to be born? Christened after the legendary ballplayer, young Joseph Paul learns much at his Italian grandfather's knee — about holding your breath in front of the radio during a 3-2 count with the bases loaded and having the audacity to dream big dreams. "Each poem is a perfect, gripping chapter," says Kirkus Reviews in a starred review of this novel in verse, which honors the timeless bond between a grandson and his immigrant grandfather — and the process of finding one's own place in a brave new world.
ISBN
9780763624446
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Pages
64 pages
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Published
Feb 3, 2005
Language
en
Cover type
Paperback
Book details
- Authors
- Maria Testa
- ISBN
- 9780763624446
- Publisher
- Candlewick Press
- Binding
- Paperback
- Published
- Feb 3, 2005
- Publication year
- 2005
- Pages
- 64
- Dimensions
- 8.0 in × 0.21 in × 5.06 in
- Language
- en
- Categories
- Juvenile FictionSports & RecreationBaseball & SoftballFamilyMultigenerationalHistoricalUnited States20th Century