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Testing the ice : a true story about Jackie Robinson / by Sharon Robinson ; illustrated by Kadir Nelson.

Jackie Robinson's daughter shares memories of her father as a testament to his courage. From his baseball career and his legendary breaking of the color barrier in Major League Baseball, to afterwards, during his retirement from baseball, when he once tested the ice for her on pond at their Con...

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Main Author: Robinson, Sharon, 1950-
Other Authors: Nelson, Kadir
Other title:Historical Children's and Young Adult Collection.
Format: Book
Language:English
Donor:Rare Books Collection copy gift of Judy Volc, 2011.
Published: New York : Scholastic Press, 2009.
Subjects:
Robinson, Jackie, > 1919-1972 > Juvenile literature.
Baseball players > United States > Biography > Juvenile literature.
Courage > Juvenile literature.
African Americans > Juvenile literature.
Baseball > Juvenile literature.
Segregation > Juvenile literature.
African American families > Juvenile literature.
African American men > Family relationships > Juvenile literature.
African American fathers > Juvenile literature.
Robinson, Jackie, > 1919-1972.
African American families.
African American fathers.
African American men > Family relationships.
African Americans.
Baseball.
Baseball players.
Courage.
Segregation.
United States.
Biography.
Juvenile works.

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Call Number: PZ7.R567683 Te 2009
PZ7.R567683 Te 2009 Restricted Place a Hold
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