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The hero two doors down : based on the true story of friendship between a boy and a baseball legend / Sharon Robinson.

Author/creator Robinson, Sharon, 1950- author.
Format Book and Print
EditionFirst edition.
Publication Info New York : Scholastic Press, 2016.
Copyright Notice ©2016
Description202 pages ; 22 cm
Subject(s)
Robinson, Jackie, 1919-1972--Juvenile fiction.
Satlow, Steve--Childhood and youth --Juvenile fiction.
African American baseball players--Juvenile fiction.
Baseball players--Juvenile fiction.
Discrimination in housing--New York (State) --New York --Juvenile fiction.
Friendship--Juvenile fiction.
Christmas trees--Juvenile fiction.
Prejudices--Juvenile literature.
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.
United States--Race relations --Juvenile fiction.
Abstract 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.
Interest grade level Grades 4-6
Audience 640 Lexile
Study program note Reading Counts
Study program note Accelerated Reader
Genre/formBaseball stories.
LCCN 2015037848
ISBN9780545804516
ISBN0545804515
ISBN9780545940238
ISBN0545940230
ISBN9780545804523 (trade paperback)
ISBN0545804523 (trade paperback)

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