Play ball, Jackie!, Stephen Krensky ; illustrations by Joe Morse
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Play ball, Jackie!, Stephen Krensky ; illustrations by Joe Morse
Language
eng
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illustrations
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no index present
resource.interestAgeLevel
Ages 7-10
Literary Form
fiction
Main title
Play ball, Jackie!
Responsibility statement
Stephen Krensky ; illustrations by Joe Morse
Summary
On April 15, 1947, Matt Romano and his father watch the Brooklyn Dodgers season-opener, during which Jackie Robinson, a twenty-eight-year-old rookie, breaks the "color line" that had kept black men out of Major League baseball. Includes facts about Jackie Robinson's life and career
Target audience
primary
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Subject
- Robinson, Jackie, 1919-1972 -- Fiction
- African Americans -- Juvenile fiction
- Brooklyn Dodgers (Baseball team) -- Juvenile fiction
- Brooklyn Dodgers (Baseball team) -- Fiction
- Baseball -- Juvenile fiction
- Race relations -- Juvenile fiction
- African Americans -- Fiction
- Baseball -- Fiction
- Race relations -- Fiction
- Robinson, Jackie, 1919-1972 -- Juvenile fiction
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- Classification1
- Contributor1
- Creator1
- Subject10
- Robinson, Jackie, 1919-1972 -- Fiction
- African Americans -- Juvenile fiction
- Brooklyn Dodgers (Baseball team) -- Juvenile fiction
- Brooklyn Dodgers (Baseball team) -- Fiction
- Baseball -- Juvenile fiction
- Race relations -- Juvenile fiction
- African Americans -- Fiction
- Baseball -- Fiction
- Race relations -- Fiction
- Robinson, Jackie, 1919-1972 -- Juvenile fiction