Title Singled out : the true story of Glenn Burke / Andrew Maraniss.

Publication Info.	New York : Philomel Books, [2021]
	©2021

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Avon Free Public Library - Teen	TEEN 92 BURKE	Check Shelf
Avon Free Public Library - Teen New Materials		In Processing
Bloomfield, Prosser Library - Teen	TEEN BIOG. BURKE, G.	Storage
Canton Public Library - Teen	TEEN BIO BURKE	Check Shelf
Mansfield, Main Library - Adult Biography	B BURKE	Check Shelf
Middletown, Russell Library - Children's Biography	J B-BURKE MAR	Check Shelf
New Britain, Main Library - Young Adult	YA 796.33 MAR	Check Shelf
Plainville Public Library - Young Adult	YA B BURKE	Check Shelf
Simsbury Public Library - Teen	TEEN BIOGRAPHY BURKE, GLENN	Check Shelf

Description	308 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Audience	Grades 7-9. Philomel Books.
	Ages 12 up. Philomel Books.
Note	"The first openly gay MLB player and inventor of the high five" -- Cover.
Contents	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.
Summary	"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"-- Provided by publisher.
	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.
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references (pages 273-274) and index.
Subject	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.
	Burke, Glenn. (OCoLC)fst00378203
	African American baseball players. (OCoLC)fst00799042
	Baseball players. (OCoLC)fst00828007
	Gay athletes. (OCoLC)fst00939061
	United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
Genre/Form	Biographies. (OCoLC)fst01919896
	Juvenile works. (OCoLC)fst01411637
	Young adult nonfiction.
	Biographies.
ISBN	9780593116722 (hardcover)
	0593116720 (hardcover)
	9780593116739 (ebook)

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