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The Closer: Young Readers Edition
By RIVERA, Mariano & Wayne Coffey
- ISBN
- 9780316404808
- Publisher
- Little, Brown
REVIEWS
School Library Journal
Reviewed on December 1, 2014 | Grades 5 and Up
Gr 5–8—In this autobiography, Rivera describes how he went from a poor boy in a humble fishing village in Panama to one of the greatest New York Yankee baseball heroes. A ninth-grade high school dropout who worked on his father's fishing boat, Rivera played pickup baseball with improvised bats, balls, and gloves because there was no money for sports equipment. When he joined a local team, his outstanding pitching skill was...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
Horn Book Guide
Reviewed on January 1, 2014
[=With]"You don't mess around with machetes. I learn that as a little kid..." In this memoir about growing up in a fishing village in...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
