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Thornley, Stew.
DEREK JETER : DARING TO DREAM
Berkeley Heights, NJ : Enslow, 2004.
IL 5-8, RL 5.2
ISBN 0766020355
Derek Jeter has been a Yankees fan all his life.  He was born in New Jersey very near New York City.  Although his parents moved away from New Jersey, Derek stayed a Yankees fan and loved visiting his grandparents who would take him to Yankee stadium to watch the team play.  Imagine what it must have been like for him to grow up and join his favorite team.  And to become the captain of the team.  What a dream come true.  This is the story of a man who dared to dream.
Non fiction
 
SUBJECTS:     Jeter, Derek, 1974-
                        Baseball players.
                        Racially mixed people – Biography

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