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In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson
by Bette Bao Lord and Marc Simont
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Overview
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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Details
- ISBN-13: 9780064401753
- ISBN-10: 0064401758
- Publisher: HarperCollins
- Publish Date: April 2019
- Dimensions: 7.59 x 5.15 x 0.4 inches
- Shipping Weight: 0.27 pounds
- Page Count: 170
- Reading Level: Ages 8-12
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