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Jackie and Me: A Baseball Card Adventure
by Gutman, Dan
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- Signed
- Condition
- Near Fine/Near Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0380976854
- ISBN 13
- 9780380976850
- Seller
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Fulshear, Texas, United States
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About This Item
New York: Avon Books, 1999. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. Signed by Author(s). 2nd Printing. Author inscribed copy: "To Dimitri, a Hall of Fame reader, Dan Gutman." 145 pages. Summary: "With his ability to travel through time using baseball cards, Joe goes back to 1947 to meet Jackie Robinson, turning into a black boy in the process.".
Synopsis
Like every other kid in his class, Joe Stoscack has to write a report on an African American who's made an important contribution to society. Unlike every other kid in his class, Joe has a special talent: with the help of old baseball cards, he can travel through time. So for his report, Joe decides to go back to meet one of the greatest baseball players ever, Jackie Robinson, to find out what it was like to be the man who broke baseball's color barrier. Joe plans on writing a prize-winning report. But he doesn't plan on a trip that will for a short time change the color of his skin -- and forever change his view of history and his definition of01-02 Golden Sower Award Masterlist (YA Cat.) and 00 Pennsylvania Keystone to Reading Book Award (Intermed. Cat.)Like every other kid in his class, Joe Stoshack has to write a report on an African American who's made an important contribution to society. Unlike every other kid in his class, Joe has a special talent: with the help of old baseball cards, he can travel through time. So for his report, Joe decides to go back to meet one of the greatest baseball players ever, Jackie Robinson, to find out what it was like to be the man who broke baseball's color barrier. Joe plans on writing a prize-winning report. But he doesn't plan on a trip that will for a short time change the color of his skin--and forever change his view of history and his definition of courage.
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- Bookseller
- Whiting Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 02834
- Title
- Jackie and Me: A Baseball Card Adventure
- Author
- Gutman, Dan
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Edition
- 2nd Printing
- ISBN 10
- 0380976854
- ISBN 13
- 9780380976850
- Publisher
- Avon Books
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1999
- Keywords
- Juvenile, Fiction, Time Travel, Baseball, Jackie Robinson, African American, Race Relations
- Bookseller catalogs
- Children's Books;
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Whiting Books
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Fulshear, Texas
About Whiting Books
We are an Internet-based company that sells used, out-of-print, and some rare volumes for readers, researchers, and collectors. We carry general stock in both fiction and nonfiction, leaning toward regional histories, biography, genealogy, sports, and the arts.
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