The Hero Two Doorways Down: Based mostly on the True Story of Friendship Between a Boy and a Baseball Legend
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The bestselling novel based mostly on the true story of a boy in Brooklyn who grew to become neighbors and pals together with his hero, Jackie Robinson.
Stephen Satlow is an eight-year-old boy dwelling in Brooklyn, New York, which implies he solely cares about one thing-the Dodgers. Steve and his father spend hours studying the sports activities pages and listening to video games on the radio. Except for an occasional run-in together with his trainer, life is fairly easy for Steve.
However then Steve hears a rumor that an African American household is shifting to his all-Jewish neighborhood. It is 1948 and a few of his neighbors are in opposition to it. Steve is aware of that is fallacious. His hero, Jackie Robinson, broke the colour barrier in baseball the yr earlier than.
Then it happens–Steve’s new neighbor is none apart from Jackie Robinson! Steve is past enthusiastic about dwelling two doorways down from the Robinson household. He cannot wait to fulfill Jackie. That is going to be one of the best baseball season but! What number of youngsters ever get to develop into pals with their hero?
Writer : Scholastic Paperbacks; Reprint version (August 29, 2017)
Language : English
Paperback : 208 pages
ISBN-10 : 0545804523
ISBN-13 : 978-0545804523
Studying age : 8 – 11 years, from prospects
Lexile measure : 640L
Grade stage : 4 – 7
Merchandise Weight : 2.31 kilos
Dimensions : 5.25 x 0.75 x 7.5 inches
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Prospects discover the story wonderful, emotional, and upbeat. They are saying it is academic and helps youngsters perceive variety and relationships. Opinions are combined on readability, with some discovering it good and simple, whereas others say the print is so gentle that it is troublesome to learn in a number of locations.
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Vivaribl –
My son loved it
It is a great story and easy to read and understand. The price is reasonable. My son loved it.
Emily –
awesome ð
The best book ever!!! I loved the story and all of the characters and details it had highly recommend to anyone who loves baseball â¾ï¸
Susie & Dina –
read it
If you donât read this book honestly you gotta live life even if you donât like baseball this story is emotional and very upbeat at times it needs to be
ShopperMom –
Too Much History/ Wonderful Characters
This book is for Baseball fans. I bought it thinking that it might be interesting for my son to read about a friendship/mentorship. The story of what happens with the people gets weighed down with a lot of drag about historic detail that doesn’t help move the plot along. So I thought I’d read it and tell my son the story. I couldn’t get through it. The author uses too many historical facts in the places where she is supposed to be building suspense. And it just takes too long to get to the satisfying parts of the story. This is a “book report” book that you could read to get a good grade with. It also wonderful in the characterization of a good, moral, honest role model and friend for children. The adult characters are safe and wholesome to introduce to your young ones.
Chris S. –
Great themes for classrooms!
I teach 5th grade English, and my students loved this book! More of an easier read for them, but the themes we were able to highlight were perfect. Introductions to Jim Crow, Negro League Baseball, and the Civil Rights Movement and Robinsonâs contributions to an integrated society. Most interestingly, this book also presented themes of religion. The end of this book takes place during the holidays. The main characterâs family lives in a Jewish neighborhood, and the last few chapters take place around the first night of Hanukkah. The family even participates in a mitzvah, which presented an opportunity for my class to participate in a mitzvah. (We made holiday cards for the community.) Perfect book for students to read in between Thanksgiving and winter break!
AmyE –
10 year old son is loving it
My 10 y/o son, who talks a big game about wanting to âbe a readerâ but in reality opts for computer over books daily, asked me to buy this book and a few others so he could join his schools âbattle of the booksâ club. We made a deal that I would buy the books and he would read 30 minutes a day before he could get on his technology. So the books arrived today and he picked this one to start. An hour and a half later, heâs halfway through the book, excited to tell us about what he has read. He said âif the rest of the books are this good, Iâll have them all read in a week!â â¤ï¸
onoma –
Fantastic books that everyone should read.
I read this book to my son who has a difficult time reading due to dyslexia. His intelligence level and reading level do not correlate well. This book is one of the best books that I have ever read to my son and that I have ever read. This book deals with many of society’s issues that we are experiencing today in a very positive hopeful way. Reading this book with my son opened the opportunity for us to talk about things that he was thinking about and experiencing. He liked the book so much that he had me buy a copy for his principal, his regular teacher, his reading teacher, and the school counselor.
Boiler –
Our baseball-fanatic son enjoyed this book.
Our 11-year old son, who not only has enjoyed playing baseball for the last 4 years, but also wears number 42 on all his jerseys, loved reading this book. For his age, he said it was easy to read and kept his attention. He even learned a few things about Jackie Robinson that he had not already known. He enjoyed getting this book as one of his birthday presents this year.