Follett Content Book Detail: Growing Up Pedro (Candlewick Biographies) by Tavares, Matt

Name: Growing Up Pedro (Candlewick Biographies)
Author: Tavares, Matt
ISBN: [978-0-7636-9311-4,0-7636-9311-1]

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Growing Up Pedro (Candlewick Biographies)

Author: Tavares, Matt

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Follett Number: 1309BEX
Audience: Upper Elementary
Publisher: Candlewick Press, c2015, p2017
Format: 39 pages : color illustrations ; 23 cm.
ISBN-13: 978-0-7636-9311-4
ISBN-10: 0-7636-9311-1
Dewey: 796.357
Classifications: Biography; Nonfiction

Subjects:

Baseball Players

Biographies

Dominicans (Dominican Republic) Biography

Martinez, Pedro, 1971-

Includes bibliographical references (page 35) and index. An illustrated biography of Pedro Martinez that describes his childhood and how he became a famous baseball player.

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"Masterfully depicts, with quick verse and beautiful illustrations, the world in which the two siblings came of age. . . . A wonderful introduction to a truly special player." -- School Library Journal (starred review) Before Pedro Martinez pitched the Red Sox to a World Series championship, before he was named to the All-Star team eight times, before he won the Cy Young three times, he was a kid from a place called Manoguayabo in the Dominican Republic. Pedro loved baseball more than anything, and his older brother Ramon was the best pitcher he'd ever seen. He'd dream of the day he and his brother could play together in the major leagues -- and here, Matt Tavares tells the story of how that dream came true.

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