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2016

Format:	Book
Author:	Robinson, Sharon, 1950-
Title:	The hero two doors down / Sharon Robinson.
Edition:	1st ed.
Publisher, Date:	New York : Scholastic Press, c2016.
Description:	202 p. : ill. ; 21 cm.
Summary:	Eight-year-old Steve Satlow is thrilled when Jackie Robinson moves into his Jewish neighborhood in Brooklyn in 1948, although many of his neighbors are not, and when Steve actually meets his hero he is even more excited--and worried that a misunderstanding over a Christmas tree could damage his new friendship.
Target Audience Note:	008-012. BTSB. T. Guided Reading Level.
Subjects:	Baseball -- Fiction. African Americans -- Fiction. Jews -- United States -- Fiction. Race relations -- Fiction. Prejudices -- Fiction. Friendship -- Fiction. Historical fiction.
Subjects (Children's/Young Adults)	Robinson, Jackie, 1919-1972 -- Fiction. Satlow, Steve -- Childhood and youth -- Fiction. Flatbush (New York, N.Y.) -- History -- 20th century -- Fiction. New York (N.Y.) -- History -- 1898-1951 -- Fiction.
Genre:	FIC038000 FICTION / Sports. Sports -- Fiction. Realistic fiction.
Notes:	"Based on the true story of friendship between a boy and a baseball legend."--t.p. Kirkus, November 01, 2015 Publisher's Weekly, October 09, 2015 School library journal, January 2016 Horn book guide, vol. XXVII, no. 2, Fall 2016, p. 103 Accelerated Reader MG 4.3 4.0 179854.
LCCN:	2015037848
ISBN:	0545804515 (trade)
System Availability:	1
Current Holds:	0
Control Number:	59680
Call Number:	J FIC ROB
Course Reserves:	0
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