Genre: Historical Fiction (Sports)
Subject: The story of a boy and his encounter with baseball legend Hank Aaron
In my experience, little kids love stories about professional athletes. There is no greater athlete for children to model themselves after than Hank Aaron. His story is one of integrity and hard work. Leonetti does a great job of combining the story of a young boy and the history of one of baseball's finest players. There is a good amount of story without being overwhelming, and what is there is very engaging. The illustrations by David Kim are well focused and capture the emotions of the scenes very well. This would be a good book to have around for kids to read by themselves, or it could be used when studying sports or African-American history.
