In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson

by Bette Bao Lord (Author) Marc Simont (Illustrator)

Reading Level: 4th − 5th Grade
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 - baseball - happens. It is 1947, and Jackie Robinson, star of the Brooklyn Dodgers, is everyone's hero. Jackie Robinson is proving that a black man, the grandson of a slave, can make a difference in America. And for Shirley as well, on the ball field and off, America becomes the land of opportunity.
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Lord writes with a warm authenticity and sparkling humor.

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It's a deftly worked resolution, inspirational message and all.

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Classification
Fiction
ISBN-13
9780064401753
Lexile Measure
730
Guided Reading Level
S
Publisher
HarperCollins
Publication date
September 20, 2003
Series
-
BISAC categories
JUV019000 - Juvenile Fiction | Humorous Stories
JUV039090 - Juvenile Fiction | Social Themes | New Experience
JUV011020 - Juvenile Fiction | People & Places | United States - Asian American
Library of Congress categories
Schools
Moving, Household
Chinese Americans

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