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Sammy Sosa: An Autobiography

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Here is the true story of Sammy Sosa, the baseball player whose extraordinary talent has made him the sport's greatest international ambassador with millions of fans worldwide.

Growing up in the poverty-stricken town of San Pedro de Macoris in the Dominican Republic, Sammy Sosa shined shoes and washed cars to help buy food for his family. For fun, he learned how to play bas
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Hardcover , 224 pages
Published May 4th 2000 by Grand Central Publishing (first published May 1st 2000)
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Nathaniel S
I thought this was good for an autobiography. I liked this book because it had one of my favorite players and one of my favorite teams. I disliked this book because it definitely had it's low points, but i feel that any autobiography will have at least a little down time. I chose this book because i wanted to learn more about Sammy Sosa because i admired him growing and learning to play baseball. He was maybe my favorite player until one season he was caught using a corked bat which basically ma ...more
Mel
I read this to hear about the story of a great baseball player. It is not elegantly written and the story is not laid out in a gripping way. But it is a simple read about a good player telling how he was discovered from the DR to the big leagues.
Virginia feliz
i read this book in the 6th grade but i wasn't really into it because i don't really like baseball.
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