Book Report Of Biddy Owens

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The Journal of Biddy Owens is a very interesting book. Some of the characters in the book were fictional but most of the event were real. In this book it was very clear that the author Walter Dean Myers clearly did his research because most of the events that happened actually happened in history. In the book The Journal of Biddy Owens: The Negro Leagues the author Walter Dean Myers did a fantastic job of describing everything that happened in the book. First of all, he talked about everyone's feelings. When someone was mad he talk about how they were mad and what they were doing to show that they were mad. Secondly, he told the reader where the characters were and what they were doing. For an example, if Biddy Owens was up to bat he would describe what he was doing while he was standing there waiting for the pitch. Lastly, he did an excellent job of telling the …show more content…

In the book the main character is Biddy Owens. Biddy Owens is a part time right fielder and equipment manager for the Birmingham black barons, but sadly bhamwiki.com tells me that he is a fictional character. In addition to, Biddy Owens being the main character the story is based on the negro leagues. In the book they talk about the negro leagues and how they are made up of African Americans. In fact research from black past.com tell me that the negro leagues were real and it was a baseball league from the 1929’s to the 1950’s made up of mostly African Americans. Along with Biddy Owens being on the Black Barons in the book they won the first half of the season and they made it to the Negro League World Series but then lost to the Homestead Grays. In addition to, the book saying they lost the Negro League World Series Baseball reference.com says that this part of the book is historically accurate. In conclusion, I the author did a great jobs of making the book historically accurate and interesting at the same

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