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Bildner, Phil. A HIGH FIVE FOR GLENN BURKE New York, NY : Farrar Straus Giroux for Young Readers, an imprint of Macmillan Publishing Group, LLC, [2020] IL 5-8 ISBN 9780374312732 |
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Sixth-grader Silas Walker lives and breathes baseball; therefore, his school project focuses on baseball and the invention of the high five. For Silas, the project and the biographical focus of Glenn Burke, have more meaning than getting a good grade. Besides inventing the high five, Glenn Burke was also the first openly gay baseball player. Burke is an inspiration to Silas who is beginning to open up about being gay himself. Can Silas accept his true self and trust that he belongs on the baseball team even when others don’t feel the same way? A High Five for Glenn Burke challenges students to redefine and imagine friendship, acceptance, and courage when no one seems to want to be a team player, not even yourself. This realistic and inspiring novel will connect with anyone looking for a sense of hope and approval during the ups and downs of middle school. (Pennsylvania Young Reader’s Choice Award 2021-2022) |
| SUBJECTS: Schools -- Fiction. Coming out (Sexual orientation) -- Fiction. Gays -- Fiction. Best friends -- Fiction. Friendship -- Fiction. Family life -- Fiction. Burke, Glenn -- Fiction. |
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