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Churnin, Nancy

The William Hoy Story: How a Deaf Baseball Player Changed the Game

32 pp. | Whitman | March, 2016 | Trade ISBN 978-0-8075-9192-5 $16.99

(3) K-3 Illustrated by Jez Tuya. The athletically gifted William Hoy could neither hear nor communicate orally, but in spite of his disability, he became an outstanding major league baseball player during the late-nineteenth century. He contributed further by helping to create a system of signals still used by today's umpires. Stylized, old-timey cartoon illustrations illustrate the uplifting narrative. More about Hoy's obstacles and accomplishments is appended. Timeline.

Reviewer: Luther B. Clegg