Ebook {Epub PDF} Keeping Score by Linda Sue Park

In Keeping Score, Linda Sue Park again gives us an opportunity to really feel what it was like to be a particular kid in a particular place and time quite different from our own. In Maggie-O's mid-twentieth century New York, the technology was different, /5(46). In Keeping Score, Linda Sue Park again gives us an opportunity to really feel what it was like to be a particular kid in a particular place and time quite different from our own. In Maggie-O's mid-twentieth century New York, the technology was different, /5(45). Even those readers who think they don’t care about baseball will be drawn into the world of the true and ardent fan. Linda Sue Park’s captivating story will, of .

Ms. Park grew up in the Chicago area and was an ardent baseball fan as a child. She says of Keeping Score, "For the scenes depicting Maggie's disappointment at the Dodgers' many near-misses, I was able—alas!—to draw on many memories from my years as a Cubs' fan." She is now a fan of the New York Mets, continuing the cycle of. Linda Sue Parks captivating story will, of course, delight those who are already keeping score. About the Author Linda Sue Park is the author of the Newbery Medal book A Single Shard, many other novels, several picture books, and most recently a book of poetry: Tap Dancing on the Roof: Sijo (Poems). Park blends the themes of history (s, Korean War) and baseball fluidly. In fact, it is almost as strongly a war-themed novel as it is about baseball. For middle school students, Keeping Score offers a peek into history, especially the less attractive aspect of war, and follows the journey of a young girl entering her teens.

Maggie, a young Dodger's fan, learns how to keep score of baseball games from a fireman named Jim, who is a Giant's fan. Jim is drafted to the Korean conflict. Maggie then learns everything she can on her own about why the Korean conflict started and keeps track of the progress with maps and notations. Later, Maggie learns that Jim came back traumatized and unresponsive, so Maggie does everything in her power to "help" Jim recover, including saving her allowance money to take Jim to a Giant. Linda Sue Park is the author of the Newbery Medal book A Single Shard, many other novels. Linda Sue Park’s Keeping Score is about a nine-year-old die hard Brooklyn Dodger fan named Maggie during the ’s. She becomes fast friends with Jim a firefighter, even though he is a New York Giants fan. He teaches her how to track plays and keep score during games.