| Rooting for Rafael Rosales Contributor(s): Scaletta, Kurtis (Author) |
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ISBN: 0807567426 ISBN-13: 9780807567425 Publisher: Albert Whitman & Company OUR PRICE: $15.29 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: April 2017 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Juvenile Fiction | Sports & Recreation - Baseball - Juvenile Fiction | People & Places - Caribbean & Latin America - Juvenile Fiction | People & Places - United States - Hispanic & Latino |
| Dewey: FIC |
| Physical Information: 1.2" H x 5.7" W x 8.1" (0.95 lbs) 288 pages |
| Themes: - Ethnic Orientation - Hispanic - Geographic Orientation - Minnesota - Cultural Region - Caribbean & West Indies - Topical - Ecology - Cultural Region - Latin America - Ethnic Orientation - Latino |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Rafael has dreams to someday play Major League Baseball. Maya has worries, especially about the bees that are dying all over the world. Follow Rafael and Maya in a story that shifts back and forth in time and place, from Minnesota to the Dominican Republic. In their own ways, Maya and Rafael search for hope, face difficult choices, and learn a secret--the same secret--that forever changes how they see the world. |
Contributor Bio(s): Scaletta, Kurtis: - Kurtis Scaletta is the author of eleven books for young readers. Many of them are about baseball, but he has also written about snakes, robots, and giant fungi. He grew up in five states and three foreign countries, but now stays put in Minneapolis with his wife, son, and housecats. |