42: The True Story of Jackie Robinson

by Aaron Rosenberg · 2013

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For use in schools and libraries only. A novel based on the movie 42, a biopic about Jackie Robinson's historic signing with the Brooklyn Dodgers as the first African-American Major League Baseball player.

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sportssportsMore like thisLess of this
Setting
2010s2010sMore like thisLess of this
Audience
childrens
Length
short · 160 pages

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