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Stealing Home: Jackie Robinson: Against the Odds

by Robert Burleigh

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Publisher Comments:

Man on third. Two outs. The pitcher eyes the base runner, checks for the sign. The fans in the jammed stadium hold their breath. Flapping his outstretched arms like wings, number 42 leads off again. It is September 1955, game one of the World Series, the Yankees versus the Dodgers, and Jackie Robinson is about to do the unbelievable. Attempt to steal home. In a World Series game. To race a baseball thrown from the pitcher's mound and win! Is it possible? Yes, it is — if you are Jackie Robinson!

Synopsis:

This is the story of Jackie Robinson, a man who not only did the unbelievable--steal home--but also what no one thought possible, which was cross the color line of major league baseball.
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Product Details

ISBN:
9780689862762
Subtitle:
Jackie Robinson: Against the Odds
Author:
Burleigh, Robert
Illustrator:
Wimmer, Mike
Author:
Wimmer, Mike
Publisher:
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Subject:
People of Color
Subject:
United states
Subject:
Baseball players
Subject:
Biography & Autobiography - Sports & Recreation
Subject:
Sports & Recreation - Baseball
Subject:
Biography & Autobiography - Cultural Heritage
Subject:
Sports & Recreation - Baseball & Softball
Subject:
Baseball players -- United States.
Edition Description:
Picture book
Publication Date:
January 2007
Binding:
Hardcover
Grade Level:
Children/juvenile
Language:
English
Illustrations:
YES
Pages:
32
Dimensions:
10 x 10 in
Children's Book Type:
Picture / Wordless
Age Level:
08-12
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