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Jackie & Me

By Dan Gutman

Publisher: Avon Books
ISBN: 978-0380800841
MY HERO recommends this book to children readers.

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 of 01-02 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.

User Reviews:
damarion thomas | 3/13/2015 2:21 AM
it was so good at the end
damarion thomas | 3/3/2015 7:08 AM
i love baseball and i want to be on your team i make a lot of home runs and never get a strick
kehinde adepoju | 1/29/2013 7:33 AM
Same auther who wrote weird school
kehinde adepoju | 1/29/2013 7:30 AM
awesoooooooooooooome book
yoe | 2/1/2010 8:47 AM
the book was great
adam | 3/18/2007 9:28 AM
the best book. it should go out every 2. thx

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