A Home Run For Bunny - Hardcover

Richard Anderson

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0985541725 ISBN 13: 9780985541729

Publisher: Illumination Arts, 2013

Synopsis

The True story of an all-star baseball team from Springfield, Massachusetts. When racial prejudice threatens to keep Bunny off the field, the team must choose to follow their dream of playing in the championship or to stand up for their teammate.

About this title

From the Inside Flap:

This is the true story of a remarkable young baseball team faced with an incredibly difficult decision.Set in 1934, the story focuses on the most talented member of the team, a boy named Bunny Taliaferro. The only African-American on the roster, Bunny leads his American Legion all-stars to victory in the New England championship series.

About the Author:

About The Author: Richard Andersen teaches writing and literature at Springfield College in Springfield, Massachusetts. The author of 25 books, including novels, critical studies and books on writing, he won the college's first Excellence in Teaching Award and was nominated by his college for the Carnegie Foundations United States Professor of the Year Award. He has also served as a Fulbright Professor in Norway, a Karolyi Foundation Fellow in France, and the James Thurber Writer in Residence at Ohio State University. An avid sports enthusiast, Richard completed the New York City Bicentennial Marathon and played on a silver medal-winning basketball team in the New England Senior Olympics.

About this edition

• Publisher: Illumination Arts
• Publication date: 2013
• ISBN 10: 0985541725
• ISBN 13: 9780985541729
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 32
• Editor: Illumination Arts
• Illustrator: Gerald Purnell