The Hero Two Doors Down
Based on the True Story of Friendship Between a Boy and a Baseball Legend
New York : Scholastic Press, 2016.
Format: Book
Edition: First edition.
Description: 202 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
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.
Subjects:
Robinson, Jackie, 1919-1972 -- Juvenile fiction.
Satlow, Steve -- Childhood and youth -- Juvenile fiction.
Baseball players -- Juvenile fiction.
Discrimination in housing -- New York (State) -- New York -- Juvenile fiction.
Friendship -- Juvenile fiction.
Christmas trees -- Juvenile fiction.
Baseball stories.
African Americans -- Juvenile fiction.
Jews -- United States -- Juvenile fiction.
Race relations -- Juvenile fiction.
Prejudices -- Juvenile fiction.
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.
Robinson, Jackie, 1919-1972 -- Juvenile fiction.
Satlow, Steve -- Childhood and youth -- Juvenile fiction.
Baseball players -- Juvenile fiction.
Discrimination in housing -- New York (State) -- New York -- Juvenile fiction.
Friendship -- Juvenile fiction.
Christmas trees -- Juvenile fiction.
Baseball stories.
African Americans -- Juvenile fiction.
Jews -- United States -- Juvenile fiction.
Race relations -- Juvenile fiction.
Prejudices -- Juvenile fiction.
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.
Target Audience: 640L
ISBN:
9780545804516
Availability | |||
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Call Number | Location | Shelf Location | Status |
C Robinson | Ballentine Indoors | Children's Fiction | In |
C Robinson | Sandhills Indoors | Children's Fiction | Out (Due: 6/4/2024) |
C Robinson | Sandhills Indoors | Children's Fiction | Out (Due: 5/21/2024) |