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      In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson

      by Bette Bao Lord
      Published
      Oct 1984
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      Historical Historical
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      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.

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      General Fiction

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      Historical

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      Comedy / Humor

      Characters & Occupations

      Asian-American

      Age Level

      Kids (12 & Under) Kids: Middle Grade

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