Newbery and Coretta Scott King award-winning author Myers' story about 17-year-old Biddy Owens, who in 1948 was a player for the Negro League's Birmingham Black Barons, is now available in paperback, with an exciting repackaging.
The late Walter Dean Myers was the 2012-2013 National Ambassador for Young People's Literature. He was the critically acclaimed New York Times bestselling author of an award-winning body of work which includes Somewhere in the Darkness, Slam!, and Monster. Mr. Myers has received two Newbery Honor medals, five Coretta Scott King Author Book Awards, and three National Book Award Finalist citations. In addition, he was the winner of the first Michael L. Printz Award.
