"Singled Out: The True Story of Glenn Burke" by Andrew Maraniss tells the inspiring and poignant story of Glenn Burke, a professional baseball player who not only made history as one of the first openly gay athletes in Major League Baseball but also coined the term "high five." The book explores Burke's journey, his struggles with identity and acceptance within a predominantly heteronormative sports culture, and his significant impact on LGBTQ+ visibility in athletics. Through interviews and archival research, Maraniss captures Burke's legacy, shedding light on both his athletic prowess and the personal battles he faced throughout his life. [Generated by language model - please report any problems].

This book is aimed at children at US 7th grade+.

This book has been graded for interest at 12 years.

There are 320 pages in this book.

It is aimed at Young Adult readers. The term Young Adult (YA) is used for books which have the following characteristics: (1) aimed at ages 12-18 years, US grades 7-12, UK school years 8-15, (2) around 50-75k words long, (3) main character is aged 12-18 years, (4) topics include self-reflection, internal conflict vs external, analyzing life and its meaning, (5) point of view is often in the first person, and (6) swearing, violence, romance and sexuality are allowed.

This book was published in 2021 by Penguin USA .

Andrew Maraniss studied history at Vanderbilt University and as a recipient of the Fred Russell-Grantland Rice sportswriting scholarship, earned the school's Alexander Award for excellence in journalism. He then worked for five years in Vanderbilt's athletic department as the associate director of media relations, dealing primarily with the men's basketball team. The son of Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and best-selling author David Maraniss and trailblazing environmentalist Linda Maraniss, Andrew was born in Madison, Wisconsin, grew up in Washington, D. C. and Austin, Texas and now lives in Brentwood, Tennessee, with his wife Alison, and their two young children. His first book for adults, Strong Inside: Perry Wallace and the Collision of Race and Sports in the South , was a New York Times nonfiction bestseller.