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Jackie & Me (Baseball Card Adventures)

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By Dan Gutman
Publisher HarperCollins
Jackie & Me (Baseball Card Adventures)
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Like every other kid in his class, Joe Stoscack has to write a report on an African American whos 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 baseballs color barrier. Joe plans on writing a prizewinning report. But he doesnt 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 0102 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 whos 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 baseballs color barrier. Joe plans on writing a prizewinning report. But he doesnt plan on a trip that will for a short time change the color of his skinand forever change his view of history and his definition of courage.

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30230 words30,230 words
160 pages160 pages
Lexile 670LLexile 670L
Grade 3 to 10Grade 3 to 10
Age 8-15Age 8-15
Published 2000Published 2000

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Book ISBN:

0380800845

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