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(0)Sharon Robinson
Author
Publisher
Scholastic Press
Pub. Date
2009.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
800L
Language
English
Description
As a testament to his courage, Jackie Robinson's daughter shares memories of him, from his baseball career to the day he tests the ice for her, her brothers, and their friends.
Author
Publisher
Scholastic Press
Pub. Date
2014.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.8 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
AD 710L
Language
English
Description
It is Grandmother Bibi's ninetieth birthday, and when she travels to Tanzania from America to visit her son and grandchildren, they surprise her with a birthday safari.
4) The hero two doors down: based on the true story of friendship between a boy and a baseball legend
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 4
Lexile measure
640L
Language
English
Description
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.
5) Safe at home
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.6 - AR Pts: 3
Lexile measure
600L
Language
English
Description
After the death of his father, Elijah Breeze, a ten-year-old African American boy, moves back to New York City with his mother and attends a summer baseball camp as he tries to make new friends and adapt to urban ways.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
Description
"In January of 1963, Sharon Robinson turned thirteen the night before George Wallace declared on national television 'segregation now, segregation tomorrow, segregation forever' in his inauguration for governor of Alabama. That was the start of a year that would become one of the most pivotal years in the history of America. As the daughter of Jackie Robinson, Sharon had incredible access to some of the most important events of the era, including...
9) Slam dunk!
Author
Publisher
Scholastic Press
Pub. Date
[2007]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.6 - AR Pts: 3
Lexile measure
HL 540L
Language
English
Description
At Harlem's Langston Hughes Middle School, eleven-year-old Elijah "Jumper" Breeze and his friends compete against Nia and her girlfriends on the basketball court, in a video dance tournament, and for a Student Council seat, and, meanwhile, several of the students face issues with their fathers.
11) Jackie's gift
Author
Publisher
Viking
Pub. Date
2010.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.6 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
When young Steve, who is Jewish, tells his new neighbor, Jackie Robinson, that his family does not have a Christmas tree, Jackie brings one to his neighbors, not knowing that they celebrate Hanukkah instead of Christmas. Based on a true story.
