Stealing Home: The Story of Jackie Robinson

by Barry Denenberg

Book Overview

Jackie Robinson was a great athlete, but his destiny went far beyond the baseball diamond. As the first black man to play in the all-white baseball leagues, he was a symbol of courage, hope, and unity for all black and white Americans, and for people throughout the world. A fresh new biography of an American hero. Illustrated.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0590425609
• ISBN13: 9780590425605
• Release Date: May 1990
• Publisher: Scholastic Paperbacks
• Length: 128 Pages
• Weight: 0.39 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.1" x 7.4"
• Age Range: 9 to 12 years
• Grade Range: Grades 4 to 7

Customer Reviews

non foretful book

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!!

THE LIFE THAT CHANGED BASEBALL

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.

Jackie Robinson

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.

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.

Stealing home

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.