Promises to Keep: How Jackie Robinson Changed America by Robinson, Sharon

Promises to Keep: How Jackie Robinson Changed America

The bestselling classic biography of Jackie Robinson, America's legendary baseball player and civil rights activist, told from...
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Author: Sharon Robinson
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
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Promises to Keep: How Jackie Robinson Changed America by Robinson, Sharon

Promises to Keep: How Jackie Robinson Changed America

$28.97

Promises to Keep: How Jackie Robinson Changed America

$28.97
Author: Sharon Robinson
Format: Hardcover
Language: English

The bestselling classic biography of Jackie Robinson, America's legendary baseball player and civil rights activist, told from the unique perspective of an insider: his only daughter.

Sharon Robinson shares memories of her famous father in this warm loving biography of the man who broke the color barrier in baseball -- and taught his children that the only measure of life is the impact you have on others lives'.

Promises to Keep is the story of Jackie Robinson's hard-won victories in baseball, business, politics, and civil rights. It looks at the inspiring effect the legendary Brooklyn Dodger had on his family, his community ... his country.

Told from the unique perspective of Robinson's only daughter, this intimate and uplifting book includes photos from the Robinson family archives and family letters never published before.

Jackie Robinson is one our great national heroes. Promises to Keep reminds us what made him a champion -- on and off the field!



Author: Sharon Robinson
Publisher: Scholastic Inc.
Published: 02/01/2004
Pages: 64
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.21lbs
Size: 10.72h x 9.42w x 0.45d
ISBN: 9780439425926
Audience: Ages 9-12

Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 7
Point Value: 2
Interest Level: Middle Grade
Quiz #/Name: 77849 / Promises to Keep: How Jackie Robinson Changed America


Award: Young Hoosier Book Award - Nominee
Award: South Carolina Childrens, Junior and Young Adult Book Award - Nominee


Review Citation(s):
Ebony 01/01/2004 pg. 25
Booklist 12/15/2003 pg. 742
Kirkus Review - Children 01/15/2004 pg. 88
Publishers Weekly 02/09/2004 pg. 82
Booklist 02/15/2004 pg. 1077
School Library Journal 03/01/2004 pg. 242
Bulletin of Ctr for Child Bks 04/01/2004 pg. 348
Black Issues Book Review 05/01/2004 pg. 59
Booklist 06/01/2004 pg. 1752
New York Times 06/27/2004 pg. 15
Booklist 09/01/2004 pg. 115
School Library Journal 10/01/2004 pg. 32
Hornbook Guide to Children 01/01/2004 pg. 453 - Recommended, Satisfactory
Hornbook Guide to Children 07/01/2004 pg. 453 - Recommended, Satisfactory
ALA Best Books Young Adults 02/15/2005 pg. 1006

About the Author
Sharon Robinson, daughter of baseball legend Jackie Robinson, is the author of many acclaimed works of fiction and nonfiction. She has written several books about her father, including Promises to Keep, Testing the Ice, The Hero Two Doors Down, and Jackie's Nine: Jackie Robinson's Values to Live By. She is also the author of the memoir Child of the Dream and the picture book Under the Same Sun about her family in Tanzania, as well as the middle-grade novels Safe at Home and Slam Dunk!

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