Singled out : the true story of Glenn Burke /
Maraniss, Andrew
Singled out : the true story of Glenn Burke / Andrew Maraniss. - 308 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
"The first openly gay MLB player and inventor of the high five" -- Cover.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Joy and pain -- Top of the heap -- Heart's desire -- Bushrod king -- Hot stuff -- Money talks -- God's gift to baseball -- Truth or dare -- Bad blood -- Unforgettable -- Living in a closet -- Glistening -- Cup of coffee -- On fire -- Open secret -- Hands up -- Big blue wrecking crew -- Indecent proposal -- Blackballed -- Superfreaky -- Signature moment -- Unraveling -- Disco inferno -- Don't call it a comeback -- Top dog -- Russian river -- Got to let it show -- Ground Zero for the plague -- The crushing blow -- The terror of knowing -- No burden is he -- Monumental.
"The true story of Glenn Burke, a "hidden figure" in the history of sports: the inventor of the high five and the first openly gay MLB player"-- Tells the true story of Glenn Burke, the inventor of the high five and the first openly gay MLB player: from his childhood growing up in Oakland, his journey to the MLB and the World Series, the joy in discovering who he really was, to more difficult times: facing injury, addiction, and the AIDS epidemic. -- adapted from inside front jacket flap.
Grades 7-9. Philomel Books. Ages 12 up. Philomel Books.
9780593116722 0593116720
2021000879
Burke, Glenn--Juvenile literature.
Baseball players--United States--Biography--Juvenile literature
African American baseball players--Biography--Juvenile literature
Gay athletes--United States--Biography--Juvenile literature.
Gay athletes--United States--Biography.
Burke, Glen.
Baseball players--United States--Biography.
African American baseball players--Biography.
African Americans--Biography.
Young adult.
Biographies
GV865.B336 / M37 2021
796.357092 B
Singled out : the true story of Glenn Burke / Andrew Maraniss. - 308 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
"The first openly gay MLB player and inventor of the high five" -- Cover.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Joy and pain -- Top of the heap -- Heart's desire -- Bushrod king -- Hot stuff -- Money talks -- God's gift to baseball -- Truth or dare -- Bad blood -- Unforgettable -- Living in a closet -- Glistening -- Cup of coffee -- On fire -- Open secret -- Hands up -- Big blue wrecking crew -- Indecent proposal -- Blackballed -- Superfreaky -- Signature moment -- Unraveling -- Disco inferno -- Don't call it a comeback -- Top dog -- Russian river -- Got to let it show -- Ground Zero for the plague -- The crushing blow -- The terror of knowing -- No burden is he -- Monumental.
"The true story of Glenn Burke, a "hidden figure" in the history of sports: the inventor of the high five and the first openly gay MLB player"-- Tells the true story of Glenn Burke, the inventor of the high five and the first openly gay MLB player: from his childhood growing up in Oakland, his journey to the MLB and the World Series, the joy in discovering who he really was, to more difficult times: facing injury, addiction, and the AIDS epidemic. -- adapted from inside front jacket flap.
Grades 7-9. Philomel Books. Ages 12 up. Philomel Books.
9780593116722 0593116720
2021000879
Burke, Glenn--Juvenile literature.
Baseball players--United States--Biography--Juvenile literature
African American baseball players--Biography--Juvenile literature
Gay athletes--United States--Biography--Juvenile literature.
Gay athletes--United States--Biography.
Burke, Glen.
Baseball players--United States--Biography.
African American baseball players--Biography.
African Americans--Biography.
Young adult.
Biographies
GV865.B336 / M37 2021
796.357092 B