Alan Gratz’s Brooklyn Nine, the story of a young Jewish boy’s love for baseball in the early 20th century, is featured on the cover of the September issue of Booklist, the publication of the American Library Association.
The issue highlights a sports theme and includes a number “top 10” choices in several categories, such as
- Books for adults: baseball titles include American Icon: The Fall of Roger Clemens and the Rise of Steroids in America’s Pastime; The Complete Game: Reflections on Baseball, Pitching, and Life on the Mound; Six Good Innings: How One Small Town Became a Little League Giant; and Yogi Berra: Eternal Yankee
- Books for young readers (including Gratz’s title)
- Top audiobooks, including Leigh Montville’s The Big Bam read by our friend, Scott Brick; The Boys of Summer, by Roger Kahn; and Joe Torre’s The Yankee Years.
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