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

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Winner – 2017 Storytelling World Resource Award Honor Book
Finalist – 2017 North Texas Book Festival Best Children’s Books
 
All William Ellsworth Hoy wanted to do was once play baseball. After losing out on a spot at the local deaf team, William practiced even harder—in the end earning a position on a professional team. But his struggle was once far from over. Along with the prejudice Hoy faced, he could not hear the umpires’ calls. Sooner or later he asked the umpire to make use of hand signals: strike, ball, out. That day he not only got on base but also changed the way in which the game was once played without end. William “Dummy” Hoy became one of the vital greatest and most beloved players of his time!
 
The William Hoy Story may be on several book lists:
2016 New York Public Library Best Books for Kids
2017 Texas 2×2 Reading List
2017 Texas Topaz Nonfiction Reading List
2017 Best Children’s Books of the Year, Bank Street College
2018 Illinois Monarch Award Master List
2017-2018 Charter Oak Children’s Book Award List (Connecticut)
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