The hero two doors down, based on the true story of friendship between a boy and a baseball legend, Sharon Robinson
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The hero two doors down, based on the true story of friendship between a boy and a baseball legend, Sharon Robinson
Language
eng
resource.biographical
contains biographical information
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photographs
Index
no index present
Literary Form
fiction
Main title
The hero two doors down
Responsibility statement
Sharon Robinson
Sub title
based on the true story of friendship between a boy and a baseball legend
Summary
Eight-year-old Steve Satlow is thrilled when Jackie Robinson moves into his Jewish neighborhood in Brooklyn in 1948, although many of his neighbors are not, and when Steve actually meets his hero he is even more excited--and worried that a misunderstanding over a Christmas tree could damage his new friendship
Target audience
pre adolescent
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Subject
- Prejudices -- Fiction
- Discrimination in housing -- New York (State) -- New York -- Juvenile fiction
- Robinson, Jackie, 1919-1972 -- Fiction
- Flatbush (New York, N.Y.) -- History -- 20th century -- Fiction
- New York (N.Y.) -- History -- 1898-1951 -- Fiction
- Friendship -- Juvenile fiction
- Flatbush (New York, N.Y.) -- History -- Juvenile fiction
- Satlow, Steve -- Childhood and youth -- Juvenile fiction
- Friendship -- Fiction
- African Americans -- Fiction
- Baseball -- Fiction
- Baseball players -- Juvenile fiction
- Race relations -- Fiction
- Robinson, Jackie, 1919-1972 -- Juvenile fiction
- Christmas trees -- Juvenile fiction
- Jews -- United States -- Fiction
- Satlow, Steve -- Childhood and youth -- Fiction
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Incoming Resources
- Has instance2
Outgoing Resources
- Classification1
- Creator1
- Subject17
- Prejudices -- Fiction
- Discrimination in housing -- New York (State) -- New York -- Juvenile fiction
- Robinson, Jackie, 1919-1972 -- Fiction
- Flatbush (New York, N.Y.) -- History -- 20th century -- Fiction
- New York (N.Y.) -- History -- 1898-1951 -- Fiction
- Friendship -- Juvenile fiction
- Flatbush (New York, N.Y.) -- History -- Juvenile fiction
- Satlow, Steve -- Childhood and youth -- Juvenile fiction
- Friendship -- Fiction
- African Americans -- Fiction
- Baseball -- Fiction
- Baseball players -- Juvenile fiction
- Race relations -- Fiction
- Robinson, Jackie, 1919-1972 -- Juvenile fiction
- Christmas trees -- Juvenile fiction
- Jews -- United States -- Fiction
- Satlow, Steve -- Childhood and youth -- Fiction
- Content2
- Author1