In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson

In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson

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  • ISBN: 9780064401753
  • Author: Lord, Bette Bao / Simont, Marc (ILT)
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Fiction/ Nonfiction: Fiction
  • Subject: Asian
  • Annotation: 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.
  • Grade Level: 4-5
  • Reading Level: S
  • Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers Limited
  • Number of Pages: 176
  • Lexile Range: 700-799
  • Interest Level: Grades 4-8
  • AR/ATOS Level Range: 4.5-4.9
  • Publish Year: 2019

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