It’s the illustrations that will first draw the reader to this book. Each page will be turned in admiration as one is introduced to the players, coaches, and teams of the Negro Baseball League. The narration is equally admirable. Nelson explains that the narrator is “a collective voice, the voice of every player, the voice of we.” Readers feel as if they are sitting in their den listening to the stories being told. The pain of segregation and the joy of playing the game will be felt by all who board this Ship.
I think this is a good to read because it tells how baseball revaloinased from where only white people could play in the majer leage to where both white and black could play.
ReplyDeleteI liked how the ather compared back then and now days.
ReplyDeleteI thought it was a very good book because i love the game of baseball so it was a very good book!
ReplyDeleteI liked this book because it was about baseball. I like baseball and it compared things from back then from nowdays in baseball.
ReplyDeleteI love how the author put actual people who played in league baseball. I don't usually read sports books but this one really caught my attention.
ReplyDeleteI liked this book cause it was about these baseball nplayers even when playing times were tough they did not care.They just wanted to play ball.
ReplyDeleteI though this book was a ok book the one maain reasen i read this book because its about BASEBALL!
ReplyDeleteI liked this book cause this baseball team of black players never said I am not gonna play if these white people do not want me to.Nope they just wanted to play ball wherever and whenever.
ReplyDeleteI thought that the book had a funny title
ReplyDelete"We are the ship all else the sea" THis book was cool I never thought that only whites could play
ReplyDeleteI think this was a good book because I learned alot of facts about how baseball was played back in the days.
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