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Stealing Home

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It is 1947 and Yankee fever grips the Bronx. Nine-year-old Joey Sexton joins the neighborhood kids who flock to the park to team up and play. However, Joey is of mixed race and his skin is lighter than the other kids’. He is seldom picked.
When Joey’s mother dies, he is sent to live with his mother’s estranged family. Joey is whisked away to Brooklyn. Though it’s just across town, it might as well be a different world. His grandfather, his aunt Frieda, and his ten-year-old cousin Roberta are not only white, they are Jewish. Joey knows nothing about Brooklyn or Judaism. The only thing that’s constant is the baseball madness that grips the community. Only this time, the heroes aren’t Joey’s beloved Yankees. They are the Brooklyn Dodgers, especially Jackie Robinson, a man whose struggle to integrate baseball helped set the stage for black America’s struggle for acceptance and civil rights.
Joey’s story takes readers to a time when America’s favorite pastime became a battleground for human rights.

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Publisher: Tundra

Kindle Book

  • Release date: May 8, 2009

OverDrive Read

  • ISBN: 9781770490413
  • Release date: May 8, 2009

EPUB ebook

  • ISBN: 9781770490413
  • File size: 1913 KB
  • Release date: May 8, 2009

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Kindle Book
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English

Levels

ATOS Level:3.6
Lexile® Measure:630
Interest Level:4-8(MG)
Text Difficulty:2-3

It is 1947 and Yankee fever grips the Bronx. Nine-year-old Joey Sexton joins the neighborhood kids who flock to the park to team up and play. However, Joey is of mixed race and his skin is lighter than the other kids’. He is seldom picked.
When Joey’s mother dies, he is sent to live with his mother’s estranged family. Joey is whisked away to Brooklyn. Though it’s just across town, it might as well be a different world. His grandfather, his aunt Frieda, and his ten-year-old cousin Roberta are not only white, they are Jewish. Joey knows nothing about Brooklyn or Judaism. The only thing that’s constant is the baseball madness that grips the community. Only this time, the heroes aren’t Joey’s beloved Yankees. They are the Brooklyn Dodgers, especially Jackie Robinson, a man whose struggle to integrate baseball helped set the stage for black America’s struggle for acceptance and civil rights.
Joey’s story takes readers to a time when America’s favorite pastime became a battleground for human rights.

Expand title description text
  • Details

    Publisher:
    Tundra

    Kindle Book
    Release date: May 8, 2009

    OverDrive Read
    ISBN: 9781770490413
    Release date: May 8, 2009

    EPUB ebook
    ISBN: 9781770490413
    File size: 1913 KB
    Release date: May 8, 2009

  • Creators
  • Formats
    Kindle Book
    OverDrive Read
    EPUB ebook
  • Languages
    English
  • Levels
    ATOS Level: 3.6
    Lexile® Measure: 630
    Interest Level: 4-8(MG)
    Text Difficulty: 2-3
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