Testing the Ice: A True Story about Jackie Robinson

Testing the Ice: A True Story about Jackie Robinson - Hardcover

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Testing the Ice: A True Story about Jackie Robinson - Hardcover

Testing the Ice: A True Story about Jackie Robinson - Hardcover

by Sharon Robinson
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Book Overview

Sharon Robinson, the daughter of baseball legend Jackie Robinson, has crafted a hearwarming, true story about growing up with her father.

When Jackie Robinson retires from baseball and moves his family to Connecticut, the beautiful lake on their property is the center of everyone's fun. The neighborhood children join the Robinson kids for swimming and boating. But oddly, Jackie never goes near the water. In a dramatic episode that first winter, the children beg to go ice skating on the lake. Jackie says they can go--but only after he tests the ice to make sure it's safe. The children prod and push to get Jackie outside, until hesitantly, he finally goes. Like a blind man with a stick, (contd.)
ISBN9780545052511
Author Sharon Robinson
PublisherScholastic Press
GenreChildren and Family
FormatHardcover
PublishedOctober 2009
LanguageENG- English
Pages40
Weight1.0 lb
Target AudienceKids
Print SizeStandard Print

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Testing the Ice: A True Story about Jackie Robinson

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By Sharon Robinson

About Sharon Robinson

Sharon Robinson, daughter of baseball legend Jackie Robinson, is the author of several works of fiction and nonfiction. She has also written several widely praised nonfiction books about her father, including Jackie's Nine: Jackie Robinson's Values to Live By and Promises to Keep: How Jackie Robinson Changed America.

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