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JACKIE & ME [UNCORRECTED PROOF]
by Gutman, Dan
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- Paperback
- Condition
- New/None as Issued
- ISBN 10
- 0380976854
- ISBN 13
- 9780380976850
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About This Item
New York, New York, U.S.A.: Camelot/Avon, 1999. Soft cover. New/None as Issued. BRAND NEW Copy. Fans of the author's Honus & Me (Avon, 1997) know that young Joe Stoshack is able to visit the past via baseball cards. In this story, as part of a project for Black History Month, Joe his mitt on a borrowed Jackie Robinson card to visit 1947 New York City and the man who broke the major league baseball color line. Joe gets to stay at Robinson's apartment, be a Dodgers' bat boy, and be transformed from the Polish American into an African American! Fabulous fantasy; funny yet serious, and a new take on history. A 1999 Silver Award Winner.
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
- 100 POCKETS
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 009128
- Title
- JACKIE & ME [UNCORRECTED PROOF]
- Author
- Gutman, Dan
- Format/Binding
- Soft cover
- Book Condition
- New New
- Jacket Condition
- None as Issued
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 0380976854
- ISBN 13
- 9780380976850
- Publisher
- Camelot/Avon
- Place of Publication
- New York, New York, U.S.A.
- Date Published
- 1999
- Keywords
- Fiction/Novel/Baseball/Juvenile/Fantasy
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