ISBN: 978-1-56097-892-3
Book's Website: http://www.21comix.com/
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Author & Illustrator: Wilfred Santiago
Author's Website: http://www.wilfredsantiago.com/
Media Used: Use of a yellow and dark blue color scheme (when mixed together also created a dark black blue color) inspired by the Pittsburgh Pirates uniform. English speakers were represented by orange colored word bubbles and Spanish speakers represented with white colored word bubbles. Used a cartooning and caricature style of drawing in order to help express the story in fun but realistic way while avoiding a "static" feel ("Creator Q&A | 21 author Wilfred Santiago," Mautner, 4/1/2011).
Summary: Chronicles the life of Roberto Clemente including his growing up in Puerto Rico, his baseball career highlights, and his life on and off the field.
Personal Reaction: Roberto Clemente was the first Latino inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame. He grew up in a poor family in rural Puerto Rico. He came to the United States to play baseball during the Civil Rights movement, and he, himself, was subjected to what was the common inequalities of the time. This book shows Clemente's own personal beliefs in kindness and justice. A great book to suggest for young baseball fans learning about inequality and the civil rights' movement (though it is more baseball then civil rights).
Use of Allusion: As a child Roberto is shown reciting in class the phrase "Amarillo is yellow!" which alludes to the color of the Pittsburgh Pirates uniform color that he will wear in the future.
Use of Simile: "It's like he has eyes on his fingertips!" & "Arm's like a bazooka!"
Non-Fiction in Graphic Novel Format
Curricular Connection: 9th to 12th grade Social Science
California Historical Interpretation Standard #3: Students interpret past events and issues within the context in which an event unfolded rather than solely in terms of present-day norms and values.
California Standard 11.10.5: Students analyze the development of federal civil rights and voting rights by discussing the diffusion of the civil rights movement of African Americans from the churches of the rural South and the urban North, including the resistance to racial desegregation in Little Rock and Birmingham, and how the advances influenced the agendas, strategies, and effectiveness of the quests of American Indians, Asian Americans, and Hispanic Americans for civil rights and equal opportunities.
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