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Testing the Ice: A True Story about Jackie Robinson

Testing the Ice: A True Story about Jackie Robinson

Nelson, Kadir
Robinson, Sharon

Hardcover

Self Help

Publisher Price: $19.99

ISBN10: 0545052513
ISBN13: 9780545052511
Publisher: Scholastic Press
Published: Oct 1 2009
Pages: 40
Weight: 1.21
Height: 0.40 Width: 9.28 Depth: 12.30
Language: English
Awards: Delaware Diamonds Award, Golden Sower Award, Monarch Award, Parents Choice Awards (Fall) (2008-Up), South Carolina Childrens, Junior and Young Adult Book Award, Virginia Readers Choice Award
Sharon Robinson, the daughter of baseball legend Jackie Robinson, has crafted a hearwarming, true story about growing up with her father.

When Jackie Robinson retires from baseball and moves his family to Connecticut, the beautiful lake on their property is the center of everyone's fun. The neighborhood children join the Robinson kids for swimming and boating. But oddly, Jackie never goes near the water. In a dramatic episode that first winter, the children beg to go ice skating on the lake. Jackie says they can go--but only after he tests the ice to make sure it's safe. The children prod and push to get Jackie outside, until hesitantly, he finally goes. Like a blind man with a stick, (contd.)

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