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Breaking Barriers in Baseball

Breaking Barriers in Baseball

Breaking Barriers in Baseball

By Kurtis Scaletta

By Kurtis Scaletta

By Kurtis Scaletta

By Kurtis Scaletta

By Kurtis Scaletta

By Kurtis Scaletta

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Oct 01, 2019 | ISBN 9780593124048 | Middle Grade (8-12)

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    About Trailblazers: Jackie Robinson

    Bring history home and meet some of the world’s greatest game changers! get inspired by the true story of the player who broke the color barrier in Major League Baseball. This biography series is for kids who loved Who Was? and are ready for the next level.

    When Jackie Robinson stepped up to the plate for the Brooklyn Dodgers on April 15, 1947, everything changed. He was the first black man to play in a major-league baseball game in the twentieth century! His brave act opened the door for more black players to achieve their own big-league dreams. But how did Jackie break baseball’s color barrier? Whether excelling at every sport he tried as a youngster or standing up for his civil rights as a soldier in the US Army, Jackie always focused on his goals. Find out how this boy who loved baseball became one of history’s greatest trailblazers!

    Trailblazers is a biography series that celebrates the lives of amazing pioneers, past and present, from all over the world. Get inspired by more Trailblazers: Neil Armstrong, Jackie Robinson, Jane Goodall, Harriet Tubman, Albert Einstein, Beyoncé, and Simone Biles. What kind of trail will you blaze?

    About Trailblazers: Jackie Robinson

    Bring history home and meet some of the world’s greatest game changers! get inspired by the true story of the player who broke the color barrier in Major League Baseball. This biography series is for kids who loved Who Was? and are ready for the next level.

    When Jackie Robinson stepped up to the plate for the Brooklyn Dodgers on April 15, 1947, everything changed. He was the first black man to play in a major-league baseball game in the twentieth century! His brave act opened the door for more black players to achieve their own big-league dreams. But how did Jackie break baseball’s color barrier? Whether excelling at every sport he tried as a youngster or standing up for his civil rights as a soldier in the US Army, Jackie always focused on his goals. Find out how this boy who loved baseball became one of history’s greatest trailblazers!

    Trailblazers is a biography series that celebrates the lives of amazing pioneers, past and present, from all over the world. Get inspired by more Trailblazers: Neil Armstrong, Jackie Robinson, Jane Goodall, Harriet Tubman, Albert Einstein, Beyoncé, and Simone Biles. What kind of trail will you blaze?

    About Trailblazers: Jackie Robinson

    Bring history home and meet some of the world’s greatest game changers! get inspired by the true story of the player who broke the color barrier in Major League Baseball. This biography series is for kids who loved Who Was? and are ready for the next level.

    When Jackie Robinson stepped up to the plate for the Brooklyn Dodgers on April 15, 1947, everything changed. He was the first black man to play in a major-league baseball game in the twentieth century! His brave act opened the door for more black players to achieve their own big-league dreams. But how did Jackie break baseball’s color barrier? Whether excelling at every sport he tried as a youngster or standing up for his civil rights as a soldier in the US Army, Jackie always focused on his goals. Find out how this boy who loved baseball became one of history’s greatest trailblazers!

    Trailblazers is a biography series that celebrates the lives of amazing pioneers, past and present, from all over the world. Get inspired by more Trailblazers: Neil Armstrong, Jackie Robinson, Jane Goodall, Harriet Tubman, Albert Einstein, Beyoncé, and Simone Biles. What kind of trail will you blaze?

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    About Kurtis Scaletta

    Kurtis Scaletta is the author of Mudville, a Booklist Top 10 Sports Book for Youth; Mamba Point, which The New York Times Book Review called “entertaining and touching”; and The Tanglewood Terror, a Kids’ Indie Next List Selection and winner of the Minnesota Readers’ Choice Award. He lives in Minneapolis with… More about Kurtis Scaletta

    About Kurtis Scaletta

    Kurtis Scaletta is the author of Mudville, a Booklist Top 10 Sports Book for Youth; Mamba Point, which The New York Times Book Review called “entertaining and touching”; and The Tanglewood Terror, a Kids’ Indie Next List Selection and winner of the Minnesota Readers’ Choice Award. He lives in Minneapolis with… More about Kurtis Scaletta

    About Kurtis Scaletta

    Kurtis Scaletta is the author of Mudville, a Booklist Top 10 Sports Book for Youth; Mamba Point, which The New York Times Book Review called “entertaining and touching”; and The Tanglewood Terror, a Kids’ Indie Next List Selection and winner of the Minnesota Readers’ Choice Award. He lives in Minneapolis with… More about Kurtis Scaletta

    Product Details

    Category: Children’s Nonfiction | Children’s Middle Grade Books

    Paperback | $7.99
    Published by Random House Books for Young Readers
    Oct 01, 2019 | 192 Pages | 5-3/16 x 7-5/8 | Middle Grade (8-12) | ISBN 9780593124048

    Category: Children’s Nonfiction | Children’s Middle Grade Books

    Hardcover | $12.99
    Published by Random House Books for Young Readers
    Oct 01, 2019 | 192 Pages | 5-3/16 x 7-5/8 | Middle Grade (8-12) | ISBN 9780593124055

    Category: Children’s Nonfiction | Children’s Middle Grade Books

    Ebook | $4.99
    Published by Random House Books for Young Readers
    Oct 01, 2019 | 176 Pages | Middle Grade (8-12) | ISBN 9780593124062

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