Heart of a Champion
by Schwartz, Ellen
Silver Birch Award/NomineeGeoffrey Bilson Award/HonorCanadian ContentHistorical FictionWorld War II EraBaseball
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AR Book Level
4.2
AR Points
6
Word Count
45,435
Interest Level
Middle Grades (MG 4-8)
Genre
Fiction
AR Quiz #
193145 EN
About this book
Ten-year-old Kenny, who has a suspected heart condition, idolizes his older brother Mickey, a star player on the Asahi baseball team. Despite his health concerns, Kenny secretly practices baseball with Mickey hoping to one day try out for the team. When Japan attacks Pearl Harbor in 1941, everything for Kenny and his family spirals out of control.