Children's ✦ Penny’s Take
Lou Gehrig
Ronald A. Reis · 2009
74/100
👍 Worth It
Gehrig's story practically tells itself — consecutive games, ALS, and that farewell speech add up to one of the most genuinely moving arcs in American sports history. Reis presents it cleanly and accessibly for middle-grade readers. The series formula keeps it from being a more distinctive biography, but the subject matter carries the day and this will find its audience among young baseball fans and biography readers alike.
✦ Penny’s Take — this is The Review Group’s own editorial assessment. Penny’s analytical review line researched this book from real sources and scored it across the lenses shown below. It’s an honest first-party read — not a page-by-page personal one. The gold ✓ Penny Tested mark is reserved for books Penny reads cover to cover herself.
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Verdict receipt0–100
safety98
substance75
craft68
originality60
accuracy85
hype65
age-fit88
human-eye74
Penny’s verdict74
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