Brothers at Bat: The True Story of an Amazing All-Brother Baseball Team
by Vernick, Audrey Shehyn
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ISBN-10:
0547385579
ISBN-13:
9780547385570
Publisher:
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt; Clarion Books
Category:
Sports
Pub. Date:
April 2012
Pages:
40
Format:
Hardcover
Ages:
4-8
Description/Notes
-Acerras (Baseball team) -Baseball teams -United States -History -Brothers -New JerseyThe Acerra family had sixteen children, including twelve ball-playing boys. It was the1930s, and many families had lots of kids. But only one had enough to field a baseballteam . . . with three on the bench! The Acerras were the longest-playing all-brotherteam in baseball history. They loved the game, but more important, they cared forand supported each other and stayed together as a team. Nothing life threw their waycould stop them.Full of action, drama, and excitement, this never-before-told true story is vividlybrought to life by Audrey Vernick?s expert storytelling and Steven Salerno?s stunningvintage-style art.