Who Was Roberto Clemente?
  • Published: 25 September 2014
  • ISBN: 9780448479613
  • Imprint: Penguin Workshop
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 112
  • RRP: $14.99

Who Was Roberto Clemente?

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25 Sep 2014
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25 Sep 2014
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Roberto Clemente's whirlwind journey from talented teen to legendary sportsman is one for the record books. Learn how a young boy from Puerto Rico became an MVP, All-Star, and the first Latin American in the Baseball Hall of Fame.

Growing up the youngest of seven children in Puerto Rico, Roberto Clemente had a talent for baseball. His incredible skill soon got him drafted into the big leagues where he spent 18 seasons playing right field for the Pittsburgh Pirates. Who Was Roberto Clemente? tells the story of this remarkable athlete: a twelve-time All-Star, World Series MVP, and the first Latin American inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame.
  • Published: 25 September 2014
  • ISBN: 9780448479613
  • Imprint: Penguin Workshop
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 112
  • RRP: $14.99
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James Buckley Jr.

James Buckley Jr. is one of the country’s most prolific writers of nonfiction for kids, with more than 200 titles to his name, including twenty in the New York Times bestselling Who Was…? biography series and nine books in the Show Me History graphic nonfiction series. James runs Shoreline Publishing Group, a leading producer of nonfiction kids’ books for national and school-library publishers. Shoreline has produced books about moviemaking, creating comic books, celebrity biographies, fashion design, and more. James lives in Santa Barbara, California, where he is the co-producer of the local production of Bloomsday, an annual salute to Irish author James Joyce.

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