Singled out : the true story of Glenn Burke / Andrew Maraniss.

By: Maraniss, Andrew [author.]Material type: TextTextDescription: 308 pages : illustrations ; 24 cmISBN: 9780593116722; 0593116720Subject(s): Burke, Glenn -- Juvenile literature | Baseball players -- United States -- Biography -- Juvenile literature | African American baseball players -- Biography -- Juvenile literature | Gay athletes -- United States -- Biography -- Juvenile literature | Gay athletes -- United States -- Biography | Burke, Glen | Baseball players -- United States -- Biography | African American baseball players -- Biography | African Americans -- BiographyGenre/Form: Young adult. | Biographies DDC classification: 796.357092 | B LOC classification: GV865.B336 | M37 2021
Contents:
Joy and pain -- Top of the heap -- Heart's desire -- Bushrod king -- Hot stuff -- Money talks -- God's gift to baseball -- Truth or dare -- Bad blood -- Unforgettable -- Living in a closet -- Glistening -- Cup of coffee -- On fire -- Open secret -- Hands up -- Big blue wrecking crew -- Indecent proposal -- Blackballed -- Superfreaky -- Signature moment -- Unraveling -- Disco inferno -- Don't call it a comeback -- Top dog -- Russian river -- Got to let it show -- Ground Zero for the plague -- The crushing blow -- The terror of knowing -- No burden is he -- Monumental.
Summary: "The true story of Glenn Burke, a "hidden figure" in the history of sports: the inventor of the high five and the first openly gay MLB player"--Summary: Tells the true story of Glenn Burke, the inventor of the high five and the first openly gay MLB player: from his childhood growing up in Oakland, his journey to the MLB and the World Series, the joy in discovering who he really was, to more difficult times: facing injury, addiction, and the AIDS epidemic. -- adapted from inside front jacket flap.
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Martha's Vineyard High School Library
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"The first openly gay MLB player and inventor of the high five" -- Cover.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Joy and pain -- Top of the heap -- Heart's desire -- Bushrod king -- Hot stuff -- Money talks -- God's gift to baseball -- Truth or dare -- Bad blood -- Unforgettable -- Living in a closet -- Glistening -- Cup of coffee -- On fire -- Open secret -- Hands up -- Big blue wrecking crew -- Indecent proposal -- Blackballed -- Superfreaky -- Signature moment -- Unraveling -- Disco inferno -- Don't call it a comeback -- Top dog -- Russian river -- Got to let it show -- Ground Zero for the plague -- The crushing blow -- The terror of knowing -- No burden is he -- Monumental.

"The true story of Glenn Burke, a "hidden figure" in the history of sports: the inventor of the high five and the first openly gay MLB player"--

Tells the true story of Glenn Burke, the inventor of the high five and the first openly gay MLB player: from his childhood growing up in Oakland, his journey to the MLB and the World Series, the joy in discovering who he really was, to more difficult times: facing injury, addiction, and the AIDS epidemic. -- adapted from inside front jacket flap.

Grades 7-9. Philomel Books.

Ages 12 up. Philomel Books.

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