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Age Range
8 - 12
Genre
Page Count
176
Publisher
Scholastic
Grade Level
3rd - 7th
ISBN
9780439079594
Lexile
730

In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson

Written by Betty Bao Lord and Illustrated by Marc Simont

Shirley Temple Wong sails from China to America with a heart full of dreams. Her new home is Brooklyn, New York. America is indeed a land full of wonders, but Shirley doesn't know any English, so it's hard to make friends.

Then a miracle happens: baseball!  It's 1947, and Jackie Robinson, star of the Brooklyn Dodgers, is a superstar. Suddenly Shirley is playing stickball with her class and following Jackie as he leads the Brooklyn Dodgers to victory after victory.

With her hero smashing assumptions and records on the ball field, Shirley begins to feel that America is truly the land of opportunity—and perhaps has also become her real home.

Age Range
8 - 12
Genre
Page Count
176
Publisher
Scholastic
Grade Level
3rd - 7th
ISBN
9780439079594
Lexile
730