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Should College Athletes Be Paid?
Geoff Griffin
Paperback (Greenhaven Press, Nov. 30, 2007)Provides essays that offer different opinions about whether or not college athletes should be allowed to receive financial compensation and other benefits, including endorsement deals and scholarships.
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Brooklyn Bat Boy: A Story of the 1947 Season that Changed Baseball Forever
Geoff Griffin
language (, April 11, 2016)Bobby Kelly is a 12-year-old Brooklyn boy who loves playing stickball in the street with his friends and cheering for the Dodgers. Bobby’s dream of being part of the Dodgers comes true in 1947 when he lands the job of bat boy for the team. There’s just one thing Bobby’s not sure about. The Dodgers are planning to do something that has never been done before. An African-American named Jackie Robinson will be playing for Brooklyn. Bobby isn’t sure how to feel about it, especially since members of his family and kids in his neighborhood don’t like the idea. In order to truly become part of the Dodgers, Bobby will have to learn to accept Robinson as a member of the team and learn from his example. This fictional story looks at an important point in baseball history from a young person’s perspective and highlights the time period, including using popular slang from the East Coast in the 1940s.
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Brooklyn Bat Boy: A Story of the 1947 Season that Changed Baseball Forever
Geoff Griffin
Paperback (CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, March 26, 2016)Bobby Kelly is a 12-year-old Brooklyn boy who loves playing stickball in the street with his friends and cheering for the Dodgers. Bobby’s dream of being part of the Dodgers comes true in 1947 when he lands the job of bat boy for the team. There’s just one thing Bobby’s not sure about. The Dodgers are planning to do something that has never been done before. An African-American named Jackie Robinson will be playing for Brooklyn. Bobby isn’t sure how to feel about it, especially since members of his family and kids in his neighborhood don’t like the idea. In order to truly become part of the Dodgers, Bobby will have to learn to accept Robinson as a member of the team and learn from his example. This fictional story looks at an important point in baseball history from a young person’s perspective and highlights the time period, including using popular slang from the East Coast in the 1940s.
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Should College Athletes Be Paid?
Geoff Griffin
Hardcover (Greenhaven Press, Nov. 30, 2007)Provides essays that offer different opinions about whether or not college athletes should be allowed to receive financial compensation and other benefits, including endorsement deals and scholarships.
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Are Athletes Good Role Models?
Geoff Griffin
Paperback (Greenhaven Press, May 5, 2006)Essays offer various opinions on the social role of athletes.
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How Can the Poor Be Helped?
Geoff Griffin
Paperback (Greenhaven, Oct. 24, 2005)Examines different points of view in the debate over poverty in America, covering issues such as living-wage laws, government assistance programs, globalization, and the promotion of marriage for the poor.
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Are Athletes Good Role Models?
Geoff Griffin
Library Binding (Greenhaven Press, Jan. 14, 2005)Essays offer various opinions on the social role of athletes.
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How Can the Poor Be Helped?
Geoff Griffin
Library Binding (Greenhaven Press, Oct. 24, 2005)Examines different points of view in the debate over poverty in America, covering issues such as living-wage laws, government assistance programs, globalization, and the promotion of marriage for the poor.
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English, Grade 5: Mcdougal School English
Griffin
Paperback (Holt McDougal, )None
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The Other Shepards
Griffin
Paperback (Troll, July 6, 1998)TROLL publication, out-of-print.
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Hobkin
Griffin
Hardcover (Margaret K. McElderry, April 30, 1992)Liza and her teenage sister run away from their sexually abusive stepfather and settle alone in an abandoned house, where they get help from neighbors and a mysterious brownie until they are reunited with their mother and start a new life.
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Brick House Burglars, The
Griffin
Hardcover (Margaret K. McElderry, May 1, 1994)Four friends who form a club that meets in the abandoned old brick mansion next to their apartment complex become detectives when they stumble upon an arson plot to destroy the old house. By the author of The Treasure Bird.
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