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Stealing Home: The Story Of Jackie Robinson (Scholastic Biography)

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This book opened the eyes of 25 fifth graders to a world they new little or nothing about. I used it as a read aloud in my classroom, with outstanding sucess. The kids loved it. "Stealing Home" tells the story of Robinson, from his childhood in Pasedena, CA where his was the only black family in an all-white neighborhood, through college at UCLA and on into his career. Barry Denenberg, the author, recreates Jackie's life in a way that keeps the reader's interest throughout. In fact, this biography reads a little like a novel. In telling the story of Robinson, Denenberg also paints a portrait of all-black baseball leagues, the pressures faced as the first black man in established white baseball, and an America that excluded a huge portion of its citizens. This background is essential to young readers' ability to comprehend the true story, to be able to appreciate what Mr. Robinson faced in his career and life. However, Denenberg also focuses on the good relationships he had with his wife, Rachel, and Branch Rickey the man who took a chance and gave us one of the best players in history. "Stealing Home" is the story of Jackie Robinson, but it is also the story of the civil rights movement and of the diversification of American sports in a way that made our country richer and wiser.

The beginning of this book starts off with the childhood of Jackie Robinson. His childhood was hard because it said that his mom had a hard time making money because she was a single mother and she was African American. His childhood was also hard because he got into a lot of fights in his neighborhood. He was the best athlete in this neighborhood. Then he becomes better know as an athlete during high school. For his first year of college he went to a small junior college then he got a lot of scholarships. He took one close to home, UCLA. He was a star athlete in all sports. During college he met his future wife, Rachel. After college he joined the army. In he army he trained to be a lieutenant in the Officer's Candidate School. After the army he joined the Negro Leagues. He was on the Kansas City Monarchs. He had to travel a lot, which Rachel didn't like. Then Branch Rickey, the manager for the major league team Brooklyn Dodgers, wanted a black athlete on his team. So he sent out a lot of scouts and one found Jackie. So Rickey drafted Jackie and they talked about what they were doing then Jackie was the first African American in the Major Leagues. Those were the highlights of Jackie Robinson's life.
I liked this book because it showed how it was really hard to be a black person back then. It was even harder for Jackie because he had to deal with pretty much every body hating him because he was black. I also liked it because Jackie Robinson came over the odds and became this is black in the Major Leagues.

The reason i like this book is because it describes a lot on one person. im not much of a biography reader myself, but this one was different. this story made me learn that back then they wouldn't let the blacks play just because of there skin color! I mean i already knew that before but Jackie robinson changed the whole worlds meaning to the the blacks enabling to do the same thing same things as the whites! I could definetly recomend this book to anyone because it not only talks about Jackie himself, it makes you remember him for the rest of your life! So just dont forget about this because it could change your ways of thinking for the rest of your lives!!

This is a very good book and I enjoyed it a lot. It is about how hard it was not only for Jackie and his family, but also for all blacks back in the day. It shows how they got unfair disadvantages and how badly they were treated. I learned a lot about how blacks were treated bad and segregation from this book. Jackie was a good person and he got treated like dirt. It was nice of Branch Rickey to give Jackie a chance. If he didn't let him have a shot at the "White" baseball league then all of sports could be segregated today. Not just baseball but basketball, football, soccer and many other sports too. I would recommend this book to anyone who is interested in baseball or Jackie Robinson.

The story it self is really good it hase good detail. The begining is really good it made me want to read more.once I read the whole book I alomst cried.

I think this book is the best because it tell`s how hard it had to be if you were black and what they go through. Jackie Robinson was one of the best player. When Jackie Robinson hit a homerun sometimes they would call it a foul ball or a singel. Not all the time they would call it a homerun. I hope you read this book because you will really see how it would be to walk in the shoes of Jakie Robinson.

I bought this book for my 11yo son to do a book report on. He really enjoyed it. He said that he ended up feeling like he was reading it for fun and it did not feel like a "school thing" at all.

This book was really good, what Jackie did dreally inspires me to never let anyone tell you something you can't do. Jackie was so good at a lot of sports, he played, baseball (ofcoarse), football, basketball, tennis, etc. This man was a very tremendous all around athlete. This book would also inspire a lot of other people to never give up on what they want to be or what they want to accomplish.

This mostly takes place on the road or on the field, Jackie started playing major leage baseball... I'll say, during the 1950's. He was called names, for example, nigger, black boy and things like that. Jackie was told not to let that go to him, just ignore it, but Jackie was really feisty so that was pretty hard. So one day Jackie just could not take it anymore so he went and spoke to the white fellows and straightened them up. Jackie was very courages and honarble that is why he inspires me so much.

THIS BOOK IS REALLY GOOD YOU SHOULD READ IT!

I've been reading Stealing Home the story of Jackie Robinson. I liked this book because I am a huge baseball fan and I've always looked up to Jackie Robinson. Most Characters in the book were cruel to Jackie by racism, so I didn't really like most of them. I really liked Branch Rickey because he is the one who drafted Jackie and integrated baseball.
This book was about Jackie Robinson and how his life changed baseball. Jackie grew up as a poor, young boy and his father had walked out on him. As he grew up it was just he, his mom, his sister, and his two brothers. As he went through college Jackie was a football and basketball star. Later after college he went to the army where he then played baseball in the Negro Leagues. Later, Branch Rickey would draft him to play in the Major Leagues.

I've been reading Stealing Home the story of Jackie Robinson. I liked this book because I am a huge baseball fan and I've always looked up to Jackie Robinson. Most Characters in the book were cruel to Jackie by racism, so I didn't really like most of them. I really liked Branch Rickey because he is the one who drafted Jackie and integrated baseball.
This book was about Jackie Robinson and how his life changed baseball. Jackie grew up as a poor, young boy and his father had walked out on him. As he grew up it was just he, his mom, his sister, and his two brothers. As he went through college Jackie was a football and basketball star. Later after college he went to the army where he then played baseball in the Negro Leagues. Later, Branch Rickey would draft him to play in the Major Leagues.