One-Handed Catch
Publisher
Henry Holt and Company
Publication Year
2006
ISBN
9780805079005
Pages
248 pages
Genre
historical
Format
novel
Item Type
Fiction
Annotation
After losing his hand in an accident in his father's butcher shop in 1946, sixth-grader Norman uses hard work and humor to learn to live with his disability and to succeed at baseball, art, and other activities.
Grade Level
6-8
Lexile Measure
710L
Diversity Topics
Disability and Health; Physical disability; limb loss; acquired limb difference/amputation; hand amputee; one-handed
Main Character
male child
Race/Ethnicities
White
Family Formation
mother and father
Awards
Nutmeg Children's Book Award, 2011 Intermediate
Young Hoosier Book Award, 2009 - 2010 Middle Grade
Audie Award, 2009, Finalist, Children's Titles(for Ages 8-12)
Charlie May Simon Children's Book Award, 2009, Honor Book
Booklist Editors' Choice: Audio for Youth, 2008
Children's Catalog, Nineteenth Edition, Supplement, 2007
Keywords
grocery store; meat market; accident; baseball; art; New York; sports; post-World War II; middle school
Diversity Impact
direct
STARS Citation
Auch, Mary Jane, "One-Handed Catch" (2006). Diverse Families. 1560.
https://stars.library.ucf.edu/diversefamilies/1560