num_pages: 128
description: Jackie Robinson was a great athlete, but his destiny went far beyond the baseball diamond. As the first black man to play in the all-white baseball leagues, he was a symbol of courage, hope, and unity for all black and white Americans, and for people throughout the world. A fresh new biography of an American hero. Illustrated.
language: English
title: Stealing Home: The Story of Jackie Robinson
titlecomplete: Stealing Home: The Story of Jackie Robinson (Scholastic Biography)
characters: Jackie Robinson
genres: Biography, Nonfiction, Sports, Biography Memoir, History
ratings_count: 364
series: Scholastic Biography
publisher: Scholastic Paperbacks