The Journal of Biddy Owens, Birmingham, Alabama, 1948
by Walter Dean Myers
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- Grade
- 5-8
- Genre
- Historical Fiction
- Sports
- Cultural Experience
- African American
Year Published 2001
Word Count 25,974
- Text Complexity
- Lexile Level: 920L
- ATOS Reading Level: 5.2
- AR Quiz Numbers
- Quiz 50162, 4 AR Points
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- Curricular Area
- History
- Physical Education
- Subject Headings
- Juvenile Fiction | People & Places | United States - African-American
- Diaries
- Prejudices
- Segregation--Fiction
- Juvenile Fiction | Sports & Recreation | Baseball
- Prejudices--Fiction
- Baseball
- Birmingham Black Barons (Baseball team)
- Segregation
- Baseball--Fiction
- African Americans--Juvenile fiction
- Birmingham Black Barons (Baseball team)--Juvenile fiction
- African Americans--Fiction
- African Americans
- Negro Leagues
- Birmingham Black Barons (Baseball team)--Fiction
- Negro Leagues--Fiction
- Juvenile Fiction | Historical | United States - 20th Century
- Diaries--Fiction
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- Books and Baseball
- Baseball Books
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