| Edition |
1st Beech Tree ed. |
| Description |
125 p. : ill. ; 20 cm. |
| Note |
"A Beech Tree paperback book." |
| Indexed In: |
Wilson's Children, November 1996 |
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Elem. School Library Collection, June 2000 |
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Notable/Best Books (A.L.A.) |
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School Library Journal |
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Child Study Children's Book Committee |
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Library Journal |
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Booklist |
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Kirkus Review |
| Summary |
A fatherless white boy, who shares with an old African-American man an enthusiasm for the Brooklyn Dodgers and first baseman, Jackie Robinson, takes a ball autographed by Jackie to his elderly friend's deathbed. |
| Audience |
6.5 |
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3-6 Follett Library Resources |
| Study Program |
Accelerated Reader AR MG RL 4.4 4.0 LARK |
| Subject |
Robinson, Jackie, 1919-1972 -- Fiction.
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Baseball -- Fiction.
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Friendship -- Fiction.
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| Added Author |
Cuffari, Richard, 1925-1978 illustrator.
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| ISBN |
0688152937 |
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