Book
Becoming Joe DiMaggio
by Maria Testa
- Published
- 2002
- Genre
- Historical Fiction
- Pages
- 64
- Words
- 2238
Reading measures
- Accelerated Reader level
- 5.0
- AR interest level
- MG — middle grades, 4–8
- Lexile code
- NP — non-prose
- Suggested reading age
- ages 12–17
A novel in verse about an Italian-American boy named for Joe DiMaggio and the bond he shares with his grandfather, who teaches him about baseball, family history, immigration, and the courage to dream.
Collections
ALSC Notables
ISBN
- ISBN-13
- 9780763615376
- ISBN-10
- 0763615374
Tags
ALSC NotablesEmotions-CourageFamily Life-GrandparentsHistorical FictionHistory-Emigration/ImmigrationPeople-ChildrenPoetrySports/Recreation-Baseball