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<span class="a-size-extra-large ContentPasted0" style="box-sizing: border-box; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal; font-family: Garamond, Georgia, serif;">Contenders: Two Native Baseball Players, One World Series</span><span class="a-size-extra-large ContentPasted0" style="box-sizing:border-box;font-size:28px !important;line-height:36px !important;text-rendering:optimizelegibility"><span class="ContentPasted0" style="font-family: Garamond, Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal;"> (</span></span><span class="a-size-large a-color-secondary ContentPasted0" style="box-sizing: border-box; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal; font-family: Garamond, Georgia, serif; color: rgb(86, 89, 89);">2023)</span></h1>
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<span class="a-section a-spacing-micro bylineHidden feature ContentPasted0" data-cel-widget="bylineInfo" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 0px; font-family: Garamond, Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">by</span><span class="a-section a-spacing-micro bylineHidden feature ContentPasted0" data-cel-widget="bylineInfo" style="box-sizing:border-box;margin-bottom:0px"><span class="ContentPasted0" style="font-family: Garamond, Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span><span class="author notFaded" data-width="" style="box-sizing:border-box"><a class="a-link-normal ContentPasted0" href="https://www.amazon.com/Traci-Sorell/e/B0789Q61CD/ref=dp_byline_cont_book_1" style="box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration: none; color: rgb(0, 113, 133);"><span style="font-family: Garamond, Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Traci
Sorell</span></a><span class="ContentPasted0" style="font-family: Garamond, Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span><span class="contribution" style="box-sizing:border-box"><span class="a-color-secondary ContentPasted0" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Garamond, Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(86, 89, 89);">(Author),</span><span class="a-color-secondary ContentPasted0" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(86, 89, 89);"><span class="ContentPasted0" style="font-family: Garamond, Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span></span></span></span><span class="author notFaded" data-width="" style="box-sizing:border-box"><a class="a-link-normal ContentPasted0" href="https://www.amazon.com/s/ref=dp_byline_sr_book_2?ie=UTF8&field-author=Arigon+Starr&text=Arigon+Starr&sort=relevancerank&search-alias=books" style="box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration: none; color: rgb(0, 113, 133);"><span style="font-family: Garamond, Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Arigon
Starr</span></a><span class="ContentPasted0" style="font-family: Garamond, Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span><span class="contribution" style="box-sizing:border-box"><span class="a-color-secondary ContentPasted0" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Garamond, Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(86, 89, 89);">(Illustrator)</span></span></span></span></div>
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<span class="a-text-bold ContentPasted1" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: "Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-weight: 700 !important; color: rgb(15, 17, 17); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><br>
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</span><span class="a-text-bold ContentPasted1" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Garamond, Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: 700 !important; color: rgb(15, 17, 17); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">The true story of John Meyers
and Charles Bender, who in 1911 became the first two Native pro baseball players to face off in a World Series. This picture book teaches important lessons about resilience, doing what you love in the face of injustice, and the fight for Native American representation
in sports.</span><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: "Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; color: rgb(15, 17, 17); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class="ContentPasted1"><br style="box-sizing:border-box" class="ContentPasted1">
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</span><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Garamond, Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(15, 17, 17); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class="ContentPasted1">Charles Bender grew up on the White Earth Reservation in Northwestern Minnesota.
John Meyers was raised on the Cahuilla reservation in Southern California. Despite their mutual respect for each other's talents and their shared dedication to Native representation in baseball, the media was determined to pit them against each other.</span><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: "Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; color: rgb(15, 17, 17); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class="ContentPasted1"><br style="box-sizing:border-box" class="ContentPasted1">
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</span><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Garamond, Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(15, 17, 17); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class="ContentPasted1">However, they never gave up on their dreams of being pro baseball players
and didn’t let the supposed rivalry created by the media or the racism they faced within the stadium stop them. They continued to break barriers and went on to play a combined total of nine championships.</span><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: "Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; color: rgb(15, 17, 17); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class="ContentPasted1"><br style="box-sizing:border-box" class="ContentPasted1">
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</span><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Garamond, Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(15, 17, 17); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class="ContentPasted1">With text by Traci Sorell and illustrations by Arigon Starr that brings
these two players to life, the stories of John Meyers and Charles Bender remain an inspiration for achieving and maintaining one’s dreams in the face of prejudice.</span><br>
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<a href="https://www.cbc.ca/radio/day6/contenders-childrens-baseball-book-1.6838735?fbclid=IwAR1WJqGsOYoAY1T1cHmBba3f11wyDvpaKoGdFG7AU9NTHclkL93rtGQyKPw" class="ContentPasted2" style="font-family: Garamond, Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: bold; text-indent: 0pt;">Two
Indigenous players squared off in the 1911 World Series. This book tells their story | CBC Radio</a><br>
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