From Hardships to Championships cover

From Hardships to Championships

Author: Stout, Glenn

Reading Metrics

Grade Level Middle Grades (MG 4-8)
Book Level 6.7
Points 4.0
Fiction/Nonfiction Nonfiction
Word Count 21401
Points per Word 0.000187
Page Count 134
Points per Page 0.029851

Description

Five inspiring stories share the lives of baseball greats Babe Ruth, Jim Piersall, Torii Hunter, Ron LeFlore, and Joe Torre. As kids, they faced poverty, abuse, and addiction but turned their lives around to play the game they loved.