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21: The Story of Roberto Clemente by Wilfred Santiago
3.0

CW: racial slurs, n-word, racism

I liked how history was intertwined into the novel and learning about Roberto's claim to fame and how he was and is an integral part of the MLB as the first Latin American to be inducted into the Hall of Fame. The story felt a little rushed as Roberto's college years are jumped into very quickly and I would've liked to see and read about how he got into baseball as a child, but overall, it was an interesting read and devastating to hear how Roberto passed.