Baseball Saved Us

Baseball season's coming around, and lately I have been reading WWII--and specifically internment--books, never in my youth having learned about anything of this from my educational system, so I thought I would read a book about baseball. . . and racism, just to cheer myself up, obviously. As you ma......more

This “banned” book was an easy five stars and evidence that people Want to erase our shameful history rather than learn from it. I found the story’s way into the discussion of Japanese internment camps through a young boy’s experience with baseball to be a nice way to introduce it to children. It’s......more

A young Japanese-American boy narrates this story of his experiences in an internment camp during World War II, describing how his father helped to create a baseball field and league in the camp, and how he played with one of the children's teams. Not very good at first, the boy improves, and when h......more

I’m forever amazed at the number of poignant stories swirling around the great game of baseball. Has any other game ever provided as many life lessons? Baseball Saved Us involves a Japanese-American boy whose family is part of the internment camp program during World War II. As he becomes aware of t......more

Reading Level: Intermediate This book describes how baseball helped the Japanese who were in internment camps during World War II find meaning and worth during their struggle. This book is a wonderful asset to the Social Studies curriculum. It allows students to see that different groups of people we......more