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Goodbye, Mr. Spalding



by
Jennifer Robin Barr

Edition
Hardcover edition
Publisher
Boyds Mills Press
Imprint
Calkins Creek
ISBN
9781684371785
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In 1930s Philadelphia, twelve-year-old Jimmy Frank and his best friend Lola live across the street from Shibe Park, home of the Philadelphia Athletics baseball team. Their families and others on the street make extra money by selling tickets to bleachers on their flat rooftops, which have a perfect view of the field. However, falling ticket sales at the park prompt the manager and park owner to decide to build a wall that will block the view. Jimmy and Lola come up with a variety of ways to prevent the wall from being built, knowing that not only will they miss the view, but their families will be impacted from the loss of income. As Jimmy becomes more and more desperate to save their view, his dubious plans create a rift between him and Lola, and he must work to repair their friendship.

“Life’s Little Rules.” Author’s note with black-and-white photographs. Resources.

POTENTIALLY SENSITIVE AREAS
Language: Mild Language, Discrimination: Racial Insensitivity/Racism

Details

Format

Print

Page Count

272

Trim Size

8 1/4" x 5 1/2"

Dewey

F

AR

4.2: points 7

Lexile

650L

Genre

Fiction

Scholastic Reading Counts

12

JLG Release

May 2019

Book Genres


Topics

Baseball. Shibe Park. Philadelphia Athletics. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Baseball history. Great Depression (1929–1939).

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