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Barbed Wire Baseball
Contributor(s): Moss, Marissa (Author), Shimizu, Yuko (Illustrator)

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ISBN: 1419705210     ISBN-13: 9781419705212
Publisher: Harry N. Abrams
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Binding Type: Hardcover - See All Available Formats & Editions
Published: April 2013
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Additional Information
BISAC Categories:
- Juvenile Nonfiction | Sports & Recreation - Baseball & Softball
- Juvenile Nonfiction | People & Places - United States - Asian American
- Juvenile Nonfiction | History - United States - 20th Century
Dewey: 796.357
LCCN: 2012010021
Age Level: 6-10
Grade Level: 1-5
Lexile Measure: 800(Not Available)
Physical Information: 0.5" H x 9.3" W x 11.1" L (1.20 lbs) 48 pages
Themes:
- Chronological Period - 1940's
- Ethnic Orientation - Japanese
- Cultural Region - Asian
- Ethnic Orientation - Asian
Features: Bibliography, Dust Cover, Ikids, Illustrated, Index, Price on Product, Price on Product - Canadian
Awards: Garden State Children's Book Awards, Nominee, Nonfiction, 2016
Pennsylvania Young Reader's Choice Award, Nominee, Grades 3-6, 2015
South Carolina Childrens, Junior and Young Adult Book Award, Nominee, Children's, 2014
Beehive Awards, Nominee, Informational, 2015
Cybils, Finalist, Nonfiction, 2013
Review Citations: Kirkus Reviews 03/01/2013
Bulletin of Ctr for Child Bks 04/01/2013 pg. 387
New York Times Book Review 03/10/2013 pg. 18
Booklist 03/15/2013 pg. 74
Publishers Weekly 03/25/2013
School Library Journal 04/01/2013 pg. 151
Horn Book Magazine 07/01/2013 pg. 156
Hornbook Guide to Children 07/01/2013 pg. 182 - Superior,Well Above Average
Accelerated Reader Info
Quiz #: 156562
Reading Level: 4.5   Interest Level: Lower Grades   Point Value: 0.5
 
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Publisher Description:
As a boy, Kenichi "Zeni" Zenimura dreams of playing professional baseball, but everyone tells him he is too small. Yet he grows up to be a successful player, playing with Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig! When the Japanese attack Pearl Harbor in 1941, Zeni and his family are sent to one of ten internment camps where more than 110,000 people of Japanese ancestry are imprisoned without trials. Zeni brings the game of baseball to the camp, along with a sense of hope.
This true story, set in a Japanese internment camp during World War II, introduces children to a little-discussed part of American history through Marissa Moss's rich text and Yuko Shimizu's beautiful illustrations. The book includes author and illustrator notes, archival photographs, and a bibliography.

Praise for Barbed Wire Baseball
"In language that captures the underlying sadness and loss, Moss emphasizes Zeni's fierce spirit as he removes every obstacle in order to play his beloved baseball and regain a sense of pride. Shimizu's Japanese calligraphy brush-and-ink illustrations colored in Photoshop depict the dreary landscape with the ever-present barbed wire, with that beautiful grassy baseball field the only beacon of hope."
--Kirkus Reviews

"As this expressive picture book makes clear, Zenimura never allowed his small stature to diminish his dreams."
--Booklist

"Moss is a skilled author of historical narrative nonfiction for young readers; her tale is both well researched and well told. But it's the visually stunning, sensitive illustrations by the hugely talented Shimizu that make the book a standout."
--New York Times Book Review

"Text and illustrations mesh to create an admiring portrait of an exemplary individual who rose above his challenges and inspired others."
--School Library Journal

"In her picture book debut, artist Shimizu finely crafts pen-and-ink illustrations with a calligraphy brush to help portray a true story of resilience during WWII."
--Publishers Weekly

"Shimizu's Japanese brush and ink illustrations, digitally layered with dusty colors suggestive of the arid relocation camp, are a visual feast, from the patterned swirls of battleship steam and desert dust, to the series of depictions of Zenimura in motion, to the rhythmic composition of the female detainees stitching the potato-sack uniforms."
--Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books

"Yuko Shimizu's arresting illustrations, evoking the firm lines, dramatic curves and color wash of Japanese prints, add drama and authenticity to this memorable account."
--The Wall Street Journal

"This is a beautifully designed and inspirational sports story about the power of American dreams, even when such dreams are sometimes deferred."
--HornBook

Award
2013 California Book Award Winner - Juvenile Category
California Reading Association's Eureka! Nonfiction Children's Book Awards - HONOR
Notable Children's Books from ALSC 2014


Contributor Bio(s): Shimizu, Yuko: - Yuko Shimizu is an illustrator and comics artist best known for the cover of the graphic-novel adaptation of Neil Gaiman's The Sandman: The Dream Hunters. She lives in New York City. yukoart.com.Moss, Marissa: - Marissa Moss is the bestselling author of the Amelia series, Barbed Wire Baseball, and Nurse, Soldier, Spy. She lives in Berkeley, California.
 
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