AUTHOR: Marybeth Lorbiecki
ILLUSTRATOR: Brian PinkneyPUBLISHER: Simon & Schuster PUBLICATIONS DATE : 2006
GENRE: Fiction READING LEVEL: 3rd Grade
BRIEF OVERVIEW: A bat boy in 1947 meets the first professional black baseball player, Jackie Robinson. In watching Jackie, the bat boy learns what it really means to be a man and not judge one by the color of their skin.
INTEGRATED ACTIVITY: Students will integrate this with their social studies and research ways the Bill of Rights has affected both women and black people in America.
REVIEWER’S NAME & AFFILIATION: Serena Martin, Valdosta State University ECSE
LABELS: History, Sports, Heroes, and Social Studies
