We Are the Ship: The Story of Negro League Baseball
by Kadir Nelson
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- Grade
- 1-12
- Genre
- Biography
- Nonfiction
- Sports
- Cultural Area
- African American
Year Published 2008
Word Count 16,560
- Text Complexity
- Lexile Level: 900L
- ATOS Reading Level: 5.9
- AR Quiz Numbers
- 119912
- Curricular Area
- History
- Physical Education
- Social Studies
- Subject Headings
- Negro leagues
- African American baseball players
- African American baseball players--Juvenile literature
- Children's Books/Ages 4-8 Nonfiction
- Juvenile Nonfiction | Sports & Recreation | Baseball & Softball
- History
- United States
- Baseball--United States--History--Juvenile literature
- Juvenile Nonfiction | People & Places | United States - African-American
- Baseball
- Negro leagues--History--Juvenile literature
- Lists With This Book
- ELA Text Exemplars, 4-5
- Nonfiction, 6-8
- Baseball Stories
- Black History Secondary
- Civil Rights Teaching
- 5th EL Module 3: Athlete Leaders of...
- Wit & Wisdom Core Texts, Grade 5
- Black Lives Matter: Diversity
- Black Lives Matter: Black Villages
- BLM: Unapologetically Black
- Wit and Wisdom Core Texts
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Awards & Distinctions 10

Odyssey Award, 2008-2021
Honor, 2010

Coretta Scott King Book Awards, 1970-2021
Author Winner, 2009

Coretta Scott King Book Awards, 1970-2021
Illustrator Honor, 2009

Orbis Pictus Award, 2000-2021
Honor, 2009

Notable Children's Books, 1995-2021
Commended, 2009

CCBC Choices
Selection, 2009

Notable Books for a Global Society, 1996-2020
Selection, 2009

Fanfare, 2001 - 2020
Selection, 2008

Best Illustrated Children’s Books, 1952-2019
Selection, 2008
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