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Title:
The hero two doors down : based on the true story of friendship between a boy and a baseball legend
Author:
Robinson, Sharon, 1950- , author.
Personal Author:
Robinson, Sharon, 1950- , author.
Edition:
First edition.
Publication Information:
New York : Scholastic Press, 2016.
Physical Description:
202 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Summary:
Eight-year-old Steve Satlow is thrilled when Jackie Robinson moves into his Jewish neighborhood in Brooklyn in 1948, although many of his neighbors are not, and when Steve actually meets his hero he is even more excited--and worried that a misunderstanding over a Christmas tree could damage his new friendship.
Language:
English
Reading Level:
640 Lexile.
Program Information:
Accelerated Reader AR MG 4.3 4.0 179854.
Personal Subject:
Robinson, Jackie, 1919-1972-Juvenile fiction.

Satlow, Steve-Childhood and youth-Juvenile fiction.
Subject Term:
Baseball players -- Juvenile fiction.

Discrimination in housing -- New York (State) -- New York -- Juvenile fiction.

Friendship -- Juvenile fiction.

Christmas trees -- Juvenile fiction.

Baseball -- Juvenile fiction.

African Americans -- Juvenile fiction.

Jews -- United States -- Juvenile fiction.

Race relations -- Juvenile fiction.

Prejudices -- Juvenile fiction.
Geographic Term:
Flatbush (New York, N.Y.) -- History -- Juvenile fiction.

Flatbush (New York, N.Y.) -- History -- 20th century -- Juvenile fiction.

New York (N.Y.) -- History -- 1898-1951 -- Juvenile fiction.
ISBN:
9780545804516
Format :
Book

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