Testing the Ice: A True Story About Jackie Robinson
Superficially seen, this is the true story of a devoted father testing the ice on a frozen Connecticut pond before his children can go skating. But this father is no average dad; he is African-American baseball pioneer Jackie Robinson, and his risky walk to the center of the lake is a metaphor...
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Superficially seen, this is the true story of a devoted father testing the ice on a frozen Connecticut pond before his children can go skating. But this father is no average dad; he is African-American baseball pioneer Jackie Robinson, and his risky walk to the center of the lake is a metaphor for his brave leap into segregated major league baseball. Testing the Ice points the way to courage by revealing that it is something we can do every day. Inspirational at any time of the year.
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Format: hardcover
ISBN:
9780545052511 (0545052513)
Publish date: October 1st 2009
Publisher: Scholastic Press
Pages no: 40
Edition language: English
Category:
Childrens,
Non Fiction,
Autobiography,
Memoir,
Biography,
History,
Cultural,
African American,
Family,
Picture Books,
Sports And Games,
Sports,
Baseball
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