Jackie Robinson
Subtitle: breaking the color line in baseball
By: Matt J. Simmons
Series: Crabtree groundbreaker biographies; Crabtree groundbreaker biographies
Publisher: Crabtree Publishing Company
Published: 2014
Language: eng
Number of pages: 112
ISBN-13: 9780778712428; 9780778712442
Subjects: Baseball players; Juvenile literature; African American baseball players; Biography
Description: Highlights the life and career of an American baseball player who became the first African American to play major league baseball in the modern era.

This biography profiles the life of Jackie Robinson, the first African American player in Major League Baseball.
Notes: Includes index.

Accelerated Reader MG 7.9 4 4 167293
Table of contents: title: The color of baseball; title: A most valuable person; title: Fighting a battle on the home front; title: Moving up; title: 42 : A major player; title: Into the Hall of Fame.