Swindle

Swindle
by Gordan Korman

After unscrupulous collector S. Wendell Palamino cons him out of a valuable baseball card, sixth-grader Griffin Bing puts together a band of misfits to break into Palomino's heavily guarded store and steal the card back, planning to use the money to finance his father's failing invention, the SmartPick fruit picker.

We Are the Ship

We Are the Ship
by Kadir Nelson

Tells the story of Negro League Baseball from its beginnings in the 1920s through the decline after Jackie Robinson crossed over to the majors in 1947.