Alex Rodriguez: Gunning for Greatness ANNOTATION
An illustrated biography of the Seattle Mariners shortstop who is a star player both at the plate and in the infield.
FROM THE PUBLISHER
Includes: full-color photographs, index, chronologies
This exciting new series celebrates the achievements of the world's top young athletes and the experiences that molded them. It will focus on the young players who are leading the "next wave" in sports.
Grades: 4 and up
FROM THE CRITICS
Children's Literature - Bruce Adelson
Alex Rodriguez of the Seattle Mariners is one of major league baseball's hottest young stars. He is considered one of the finest shortstops in the game today, This brightly illustrated, fast paced book examines Rodriguez's professional athletic career while also delving into stories about his childhood and development as an athlete. Statistics, colorful photographs, personal trivia, and quotes from such prominent sports stars as Ken Griffey Jr. help make this an appealing work for children. Young readers can learn about Rodriguez's childhood growing up in New York, where he struggled to master English in school and how excited he was as a major league rookie the first time he met the Baltimore Orioles' Cal Ripken, his boyhood idol. This work is part of the publisher's noteworthy "New Wave" series which examines today's sport stars. Young sports fans will gravitate to this book because they can learn more about one of baseball's new generation of prominent players.
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