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A High Five for Glenn Burke
Contributor(s): Bildner, Phil (Author)
ISBN: 0374312737     ISBN-13: 9780374312732
Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux (Byr)
OUR PRICE:   $16.19  
Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats
Published: February 2020
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Additional Information
BISAC Categories:
- Juvenile Fiction | Lgbt
- Juvenile Fiction | Sports & Recreation - Baseball
- Juvenile Fiction | Social Themes - Friendship
Dewey: FIC
LCCN: 2019009796
Lexile Measure: 690
Physical Information: 1.3" H x 5.4" W x 8.2" (0.80 lbs) 288 pages
Themes:
- Topical - Friendship
 
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Publisher Description:

A 2021 NCTE Charlotte Huck Award Honor Book
A Chicago Public Library Best Book of 2020
A 2021 ALA Rainbow Book

A heartfelt and relatable novel from Phil Bildner, weaving the real history of Los Angeles Dodger and Oakland Athletic Glenn Burke--the first professional baseball player to come out as gay--into the story of a middle-school kid learning to be himself.

When sixth grader Silas Wade does a school presentation on former Major Leaguer Glenn Burke, it's more than just a report about the irrepressible inventor of the high five. Burke was a gay baseball player in the 1970s--and for Silas, the presentation is his own first baby step toward revealing a truth about himself he's tired of hiding. Soon he tells his best friend, Zoey, but the longer he keeps his secret from his baseball teammates, the more he suspects they know something's up--especially when he stages one big cover-up with terrible consequences.

A High Five for Glenn Burke is Phil Bildner's most personal novel yet--a powerful story about the challenge of being true to yourself, especially when not everyone feels you belong on the field.

Contributor Bio(s): Bildner, Phil: - Phil Bildner is a former New York City public school teacher who lives in Newburgh, New York. The author of many books, including Marvelous Cornelius: Hurricane Katrina and the Spirit of New Orleans and The Soccer Fence: A Story of Friendship, Hope, and Apartheid in South Africa, Phil is a frequent speaker at conferences and travels to over sixty schools a year.