I am Jackie Robinson by Brad Meltzer - ISBN: 9780803740860
Hardcover
Brave Jackie Robinson broke baseball’s color barrier, changing history forever.

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  • Hardcover

    40 pages

  • Release Date

    15 January 2017

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Summary

“We can all be heroes” is the message entertainingly told in this New York Times Bestselling picture-book biography series, with this title focusing on groundbreaking baseball player, Jackie Robinson.

Jackie Robinson always loved sports, especially baseball. But he lived at a time before the Civil Rights Movement, when the rules weren’t fair to African Americans. Even though Jackie was a great athlete, he wasn’t allowed on the best teams just because of the color of his skin. Jackie k…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9780803740860
ISBN-10:0803740867
Author:Brad Meltzer, Christopher Eliopoulos
Publisher:Penguin Putnam Inc
Imprint:Dial Books for Young Readers,US
Format:Hardcover
Number of Pages:40
Release Date:15 January 2017
Weight:266g
Dimensions:198mm x 200mm x 9mm
Series:Ordinary People Change the World
About The Author

Brad Meltzer

Brad Meltzer is the New York Times bestselling author of Heroes for My Son, Heroes for My Daughter, The Lincoln Conspiracy, and a number of suspense novels like The Lightning Rod. He also helped find the missing 9⁄11 flag with his History Channel television show Brad Meltzer’s Lost History. He lives in Florida with his wife and their three children. (And did you know that a picture of Brad is hidden in every book in this series?)

Christopher Eliopoulos began his illustration career at Marvel Comics, and has worked on thousands of comics, including his own Cow Boy and Franklin Richards- Son of a Genius. He is the author and illustrator of the picture books The Yawns Are Coming! and The Giggles Are Coming! and the graphic novels Cosmic Commandos and Monster Mayhem. He lives in New Jersey with his wife and their college-graduate twin sons (who also make an appearance in each Ordinary People Change the World book).

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