Goodbye, Mr. Spalding
by Jennifer Robin Barr
Set in Philadelphia during the Great Depression, this middle-grade historical novel... read more
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- Grade
- 4-8
- Genre
- Historical Fiction
- Sports
Year Published 2019
Word Count 51,414
- Text Complexity
- Lexile Level: 650L
- ATOS Reading Level: 4.2
- AR Quiz Numbers
- 501944
- Curricular Area
- English Language Arts
- Subject Headings
- Children's Books/Ages 9-12 Fiction
- Juvenile Fiction | Social Themes | Friendship
- Philadelphia Athletics (Baseball team)--Juvenile fiction
- Pennsylvania--Philadelphia
- Friendship in children
- Shibe Park (Philadelphia, Pa.)--Juvenile fiction
- Baseball
- Shibe Park (Philadelphia, Pa.)
- Walls
- Philadelphia Athletics (Baseball team)--Fiction
- Juvenile Fiction | Historical | United States - 20th Century
- Friendship--Juvenile fiction
- Friendship
- Philadelphia (Pa.)
- Juvenile Fiction | Sports & Recreation | Baseball
- Philadelphia Athletics (Baseball team)
- Philadelphia (Pa.)--Juvenile fiction
- Baseball stories
- Walls--Juvenile fiction
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Sports Selection, 2019
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