In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson
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In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson

  1. 175 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson

About this book

For young readers, a story about an immigrant girl inspired by the sport she loves to find her own home team—and to break down any barriers in her way.

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 happens: baseball! It's 1947, and Jackie Robinson, star of the Brooklyn Dodgers, is a superstar. Suddenly Shirley is playing stickball with her class and following Jackie as he leads the Brooklyn Dodgers to victory after victory.

With her hero smashing assumptions and records on the ball field, Shirley begins to feel that America is truly the land of opportunity—and perhaps has also become her real home.

"Bette Bao Lord's wonderfully humorous story shows what it means to be an American from the eyes of a spunky young immigrant." — School Library Journal

Illustrations by Mark Simont

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Information

Publisher
HarperCollins
Year
2024
Print ISBN
9780064401753
eBook ISBN
9780062857361

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title Page
  3. Dedication
  4. Contents
  5. January: Chinese New Year
  6. February: A Journey of Ten Thousand Miles
  7. March: China’s Little Ambassador
  8. April: A Hungry Ghost
  9. May: Two Black Eyes and Wispy Whiskers
  10. June: I Pledge a Lesson to the Frog
  11. July: Toscanini Takes a Walk
  12. August: Monsters
  13. September: Secrets
  14. October: The World Series
  15. November: Moon Cakes Without Grandfather
  16. December: A Star-Spangled Christmas
  17. About the Author
  18. Copyright
  19. About the Publisher