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Becoming Joe DiMaggio by Testa, Maria; Hunt, Scott (Scott W.), ill is a work of literary fiction available to read on EtoBox.

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<p><P><b>Spare, simple poems tell a boy&#8217;s moving story in this short novel about baseball, family, and the American dream.</b><P>It&#8217;s 1936, and the Yankees have just hired a star center fielder whose name sounds like music. What could be a better time for Papa-Angelo&#8217;s grandson to be born? Christened after the legendary ballplayer, young Joseph Paul learns much at his Italian grandfather&#8217;s knee - about holding your breath in front of the radio during a 3-2 count with the bases loaded and having the audacity to dream big dreams. After all, the boy&#8217;s ne&#8217;er-do-well father is out of the picture, and it is Papa-Angelo&#8217;s job to teach his grandson what it means to be a hero.<P>In a poignant novel told in verse, Maria Testa paints a picture of a timeless bond between a grandson and his immigrant grandfather - and of finding his own place in a brave new world.</p><h3>Publishers Weekly</h3><p>The author's 24 vignettes, in verse, introduce a young baseball player born in 1936. PW wrote, The boy's melodic narrative tightly braids together strands integral to his life: family, baseball and the ways in which the exploding world affects him and those clos

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Author

Testa, Maria; Hunt, Scott (Scott W.), ill

Publisher

Cambridge, MA: Candlewick Press

Published

2002

Language

EN

ISBN

9780763615376

Category

work of literary fiction

Subjects

Literary Fiction, Fiction, Young Adult

Rating

3.55 / 5 (9 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14