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In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson

In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson

by Bette Bao Lord

Book Details

Publisher: Harper Collins
Published: 1986
Language: en
Pages: 176
ISBN: 9780064401753
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Looky Rating System Score adjusted for ages 8+

Confidence: 70%

Content Intensity

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2
💥ViolenceLow
0
❤️Love & RomanceNone
2
🧠Mental HealthLow
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💬!*$#LanguageNone
0
🍷🚬Substance UseNone
1
😨Fear / HorrorVery low

Story Themes

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0
🧙Fantasy / SupernaturalNot present
0
🏳️‍🌈LGBTQ+ RepresentationNot present
0
🚀Sci-Fi / FuturisticNot present
0
Disability & NeurodiversityNot present

Description

<p>Shirley Temple Wong sails from China to America with a heart full of dreams.Her new home is Brooklyn, New York. America is indeed a land full of wonders, but Shirley doesn't know any English, so it's hard to make friends. Then a miracle-baseball-happens. It is 1947, and Jackie Robinson, star of the Brooklyn Dodgers, is everyone's hero. Jackie Robinson is proving that a black man, the grandson of a slave, can make a difference in America and for Shirley as well, on the ball field and off, America becomes the land of opportunity.</p>

Themes & Topics

Juvenile FictionPeople & PlacesUnited StatesAsian American & Pacific IslanderSocial ThemesNew ExperienceHumorous Stories
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