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Baseball Saved Us
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Baseball Saved Us Paperback - 2018

by Ken Mochizuki; Dom Lee (Illustrator)

During World War II, a young Japanese-American boy and his family are sent to an internment camp after the attack on Pearl Harbor. Despondent in their desolate surroundings, father and son pull the camp together to build a baseball diamond and form a league.


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  • Title Baseball Saved Us
  • Author Ken Mochizuki; Dom Lee (Illustrator)
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition [ Edition: First
  • Pages 32
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Lee & Low Books, New York, New York, U.S.A.
  • Date 2018-10-16
  • Illustrated Yes
  • Features Illustrated
  • ISBN 9781880000199 / 1880000199
  • Weight 0.26 lbs (0.12 kg)
  • Dimensions 8.2 x 9.9 x 0.2 in (20.83 x 25.15 x 0.51 cm)
  • Ages 11 to 12 years
  • Grade levels 6 - 7
  • Reading level 550
  • Themes
    • Cultural Region: Asian - General
    • Ethnic Orientation: Asian - General
  • Library of Congress subjects Baseball, Prejudices
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 92073215
  • Dewey Decimal Code FIC

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Citations

  • Hornbook Guide to Children, 07/01/2019, Page 0
  • Publishers Weekly, 02/06/1995, Page 0

About the author

Ken Mochizuki is a writer, journalist, and former actor who made his picture-book debut with Baseball Saved Us. He is also the author of several other award-winning picture books published by Lee & Low, including Passage to Freedom and Heroes. Mochizuki lives in Maple Valley, Washington. His website is kenmochizuki.com.

Dom Lee made his picture-book debut with Baseball Saved Us. He grew up in Seoul, South Korea, and went on to illustrate books in both the United States and Korea. His titles for Lee & Low include Ken Mochizuki's Passage to Freedom and Heroes, as well as the award-winning Sixteen Years in Sixteen Seconds. Lee's unique illustration style involves applying encaustic beeswax on paper, then scratching out images, and finally coloring the images with oil paint. Lee and his wife live in Hollis, New York.

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