Roberto Clemente
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Roberto Clemente Walker was a Puerto Rican professional baseball player. He played 18 seasons at right field for the Pittsburgh Pirates. He was a National League, Most Valuable Player once, All-Star twelve times (15 games), batting champion four times, and Gold Glove winner twelve times. In 1972, Clemente got his 3,000th major league hit. Clemente was very involved in charity work in Puerto Rico and Latin American countries during the off seasons. He died in an airplane accident on December 31, 1972, while en route to deliver aid to earthquake victims in Nicaragua. Now readers can explore how his childhood influenced his life.
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Meryl Henderson has illustrated a number of books for children and she is a regular contributor to Highlights(R) magazine. Visit merylsart.com.
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Book Details
- ISBN
- 9780689813641
- Publication Date
- April 1, 1997
- Publisher
- Aladdin Paperbacks
- Original Publication Date
- January 1, 1994
- Page Count
- 192
- Word Count
- 23100
- Audience
- Juvenile Reader
- Reading Age
- 8 - 11 years
- Lib. of Congress (LCCN)
- LC 96-37326
- WorldCat Number (OCLC)
- 35924663
- Lexile® Level
- 870L
- Est. Fountas & Pinnell Level
- ~U
- ATOS® Book Level
- 5.4
- Accelerated Reader® Points
- 4
- Accelerated Reader Quiz
- 16963
- Accelerated Reader Interest Level
- MG
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