Nelson, K. 2008. We are the ship.  NY: Hyperion.
A Coretta Scott King Medal award winner, a Robert F. Sibert Medal award winner , a nonfiction story of African American who loved baseball. Baseball players played during the existence of hard prejudice. Players faced being ridiculed, disrespected and not paid for the game they played as other baseball players. Many of the players even though faced with challenges of segregation continued with their passion for the game. A must read for all baseball lovers of all ages.