This book follows the life of the Hall of Fame baseball player, Roberto Clemente, and his character both on and off the field. One of the main features of Clemente is that he was big into social justice and he put a lot of work into helping communities who are underprivileged. He unfortunately passed in a plane crash while trying to aid victims of a Nicaragua earthquake.

The first Latin American inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame, Roberto Clementé was known not only for his exceptional baseball skills, but his charity work throughout Latin America. Timeline, Author’s Note, Illustrator’s Note, Bibliography, Websites.

I really enjoyed how this biography was written. It was explaining how someone was named after the famous baseball player. It gave a lot of information and facts that I found very interesting. It was a great story that I would definitely read again. ( )

Equity. Good for teaching 1st person biography unit/writing unit

I really enjoyed this story even thought I did not know anything about Roberto Clemente. If you are a basball fan you will absalutly love this story. The illustrations are fantastic and really help bring the story to life. I had heard about Clemente as a baseball player, but I had no idea about his humanitarian work. Even if you are not a fan of baseball you will appreciate Clemente's amazing acomplishments and you will admire his personal devotion to serving others. This is an excellent read-aloud to a bilingual class. Filled with biographical information students will learn about a great baseball player and a person who helped others. Clemente died in a plane crash while delivering supplies to earthquake victims in Nicaragua