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Coco Grimes

by Mary Stolz · 1996

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Eleven-year-old Thomas talks his grandfather into driving all the way across Florida to meet Coco Grimes, an old man who remembers Negro League baseball, but the actual encounter proves to be bittersweet.

Themes
African AmericanAfrican AmericanMore like thisLess of thisgrandparentsgrandparentsMore like thisLess of thissportssportsMore like thisLess of this
Setting
FloridaFloridaMore like thisLess of this
Audience
childrens
Length
short · 89 pages

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