Shirley Temple Wong sails from China to America with a heart full of dreams.Her new home is Brooklyn, New York. America is indeed a land full of wonders, but Shirley doesn't know any English, so it's hard to make friends. Then a miracle-baseball-happens. It is 1947, and Jackie Robinson, star of the Brooklyn Dodgers, is everyone's hero. Jackie Robinson is proving that a black man, the grandson of a slave, can make a difference in America and for Shirley as well, on the ball field and off, America becomes the land of opportunity.
In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson
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Author(s)Bette Bao Lord
PublisherHarperCollins
ISBN / ASIN0060240040
ISBN-139780060240042
AvailabilityUsually ships in 24 hours
Sales Rank2,981,946
CategoryJuvenile Fiction
MarketplaceUnited States 🇺🇸
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