The hero two doors down : based on the true story of friendship between a boy and a baseball legend / Sharon Robinson.
Material type:
TextPublisher: New York : Scholastic Press, 2016Edition: First editionDescription: 202 pages : illustrations ; 22 cmContent type: - text
- unmediated
- volume
- 9780545804516
- 0545804515
- 9780545940238 (pbk.)
- 0545940230 (pbk.)
- Robinson, Jackie, 1919-1972 -- Juvenile fiction
- Satlow, Steve -- Childhood and youth -- Juvenile fiction
- Baseball -- Fiction
- Baseball players -- Juvenile fiction
- African Americans -- Juvenile fiction
- Jews -- United States -- Juvenile fiction
- Race relations -- Juvenile fiction
- Discrimination in housing -- New York (State) -- New York -- Juvenile fiction
- Prejudices -- Juvenile fiction
- Friendship -- Juvenile fiction
- Christmas trees -- Juvenile fiction
- Flatbush (New York, N.Y.) -- History -- Juvenile fiction
- New York (N.Y.) -- History -- 1898-1951 -- Juvenile fiction
| Item type | Home library | Collection | Call number | Materials specified | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds | |
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Children's Book
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Main Library | Children's Fiction | Robinson Sharon | Checked out | 06/03/2024 | 33111008371276 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
Based on the true story of a boy in Brooklyn who became neighbors and friends with his hero, Jackie Robinson.Stephen Satlow is an eight-year-old boy living in Brooklyn, New York, which means he only cares about one thing-the Dodgers. Steve and his father spend hours reading the sports pages and listening to games on the radio. Aside from an occasional run-in with his teacher, life is pretty simple for Steve. But then Steve hears a rumor that an African American family is moving to his all-Jewish neighborhood. It's 1948 and some of his neighbors are against it. Steve knows this is wrong. His hero, Jackie Robinson, broke the color barrier in baseball the year before. Then it happens--Steve's new neighbor is none other than Jackie Robinson! Steve is beyond excited about living two doors down from the Robinson family. He can't wait to meet Jackie. This is going to be the best baseball season yet! How many kids ever get to become friends with their hero?
Eight-year-old Steve Satlow is thrilled when Jackie Robinson moves into his Jewish neighborhood in Brooklyn in 1948, although many of his neighbors are not, and when Steve actually meets his hero he is even more excited--and worried that a misunderstanding over a Christmas tree could damage his new friendship.