The Stone Thrower

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The Stone Thrower is a children's book story, about an African-American football player, Chuck Ealey which was published in September 2012. This inspiring story is written by Chuck Ealey's daughter, Jael Richardson, this book has striking and powerful illustrations by award-winning illustrator Matt James. [1]

Plot

Born in a segregated town in Ohio in 1950, Chuck Ealey, African-American, grew up to be a great football quarterback in Canada. He has his childhood with poverty and hunger, but Chuck found a distraction, throwing rocks at passing cargo trains. His aim at throwing the rocks became so good that the school coach named him quarterback, a position that makes his white opponents jealous, [2] Against all odds, he became an incredible quarterback. But despite his undefeated record in high school and university, he could never play professional football in the United States.

Pros

Chuck Ealey grew up poor in a racially isolated local area that was separated from the remainder of town by a bunch of train tracks, yet his mom guaranteed him that he wouldn't remain in Portsmouth forever. Getting educated was the way out, and a football scholarship was the way to pay for that education. So despite the racist insults he faced at all the games he played in high school, Chuck kept having his remarkable level of dedication and determination andd when discrimination tail him around to university and beyond, Chuck Ealey stayed undefeated. [3] This book is thought to be a wonderful tool for starting a conversation with young children about racial prejudice.

References

  1. The Stone Thrower. Amazon. Retrieved January 25 2021
  2. The Stone Thrower. Kirkus. Retrieved January 25 2021
  3. The Stone Thrower. CBC. Retrieved January 25 2021