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A high five for Glenn Burke

A heartfelt and relatable novel from Phil Bildner, weaving the real history of Los Angeles Dodger and Oakland Athletic Glenn Burke -- the first professional baseball player to come out as gay -- into the story of a middle-school kid learning to be himself. When sixth grader Silas Wade does a school...

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Main Author: Bildner, Phil (Author)
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Language:English
Published: 2020.
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Burke, Glenn > Juvenile fiction.
Coming out (Sexual orientation) > Juvenile fiction.
Gays > Juvenile fiction.
Families > Juvenile fiction.
Schools > Juvenile fiction.
Best friends > Juvenile fiction.
Friendship > Juvenile fiction.
Family life > Juvenile fiction.
Gay fiction > Juvenile.
Coming-of-age fiction > Juvenile.
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Summary:A heartfelt and relatable novel from Phil Bildner, weaving the real history of Los Angeles Dodger and Oakland Athletic Glenn Burke -- the first professional baseball player to come out as gay -- into the story of a middle-school kid learning to be himself. When sixth grader Silas Wade does a school presentation on former Major Leaguer Glenn Burke, it's more than just a report about the irrepressible inventor of the high five. Burke was a gay baseball player in the 1970s -- and for Silas, the presentation is his own first baby step toward revealing a truth about himself he's tired of hiding. Soon he tells his best friend, Zoey, but the longer he keeps his secret from his baseball teammates, the more he suspects they know something's up -- especially when he stages one big cover-up with terrible consequences. A High Five for Glenn Burke is Phil Bildner's most personal novel yet -- a powerful story about the challenge of being true to yourself, especially when not everyone feels you belong on the field.
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Audience:Text Difficulty 2 - Text Difficulty 3
MG/Middle grades (4th-8th)
690
4.1
ISBN:9780374312749
Author Notes:Phil Bildner received a B. A. in political science from Johns Hopkins University in 1990 and a J. D. from New York University School of Law in 1993. He was admitted to the bar in both New York and New Jersey and got a job as an associate at a large Manhattan law firm. After practicing law for a year, he decided to pursue a career in education. He received a master's degree in early childhood and elementary education from Long Island University in 1995. He stopped teaching in 2006 in order to write full time.

His picture books include Shoeless Joe and Black Betsy, The Shot Heard 'Round the World, Twenty-One Elephants, Turkey Bowl, The Hallelujah Flight, and The Soccer Fence. Marvelous Cornelius won the 2016 Margaret Wise Brown Prize in Children's Literature. His young adult novels include Playing the Field and Busted. He also co-created the Sluggers series with Loren Long.

In 2007, he began chaperoning student-volunteer trips to Hurricane Katrina-ravaged New Orleans. He co-founded The NOLA Tree, a non-profit service organization.

(Bowker Author Biography)

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