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Title: Jackie & Me by Dan Gutman ISBN: 0380800845 Publisher: HarperTrophy Pub. Date: March, 2000 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $5.99 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.73
Rating: 5
Summary: Another Winner From Gutman
Comment: Dan Gutman's appealing sports time travel series continues with "Jackie and Me." This time around, young Joe Stoshack goes to meet Jackie Robinson and his breaking of baseball's "color line" in 1947. The book does not back away from the ugly words, the prejudice, or the violence faced by many Black Americans at that time, especially by the courageous Robinson.
As usual, Gutman explores the social and historical context (I would have enjoyed even more details about Brooklyn; Gutman references three books for further reading), and he supplants the text with photos, newspaper reproductions, stats, and a note to the reader separating the book's facts from fiction. The book is well-researched, although there are some anti-Robinson quotes from players and other racist material that I wish Gutman had explicitly documented: It's not that I doubt that they happened, but a direct cite to source material would enable the reader to know if the words and behaviors are described verbatim or are there as (approximate) illustrations of what Robinson faced. Gutman wisely notes in his "To the Reader" that "Robinson's first year in the big leagues was even more difficult than described here." Another fine job by Gutman; I recommend this highly to mature young readers who can handle and/or talk about the ugly and violent racism described here.
Rating: 5
Summary: Jackie & Me
Comment: For my book report I chose to read a book about Jackie Robinson. This book was entitled Jackie & Me, written by Dan Gutman.
In this book's introduction, Joe Stoshack explains that he has a very special talent. When Joe holds a baseball card in his hands he can travel back in time. Later in the book, this talent becomes very useful when Joe has to write a history report on an African-American who made the world a better place. For his report, Joe decides to go back in time to meet Jackie Robinson. He wanted to meet Jackie because he loved sports and knew a great deal about baseball. Joe also wanted to understand what it felt like to be the first black man in professional baseball.
Joe leaves Louisville, Kentucky, and is transported back into Jackie's time. He soon arrives in front of Macy's in New York, on April 14th, 1947 and finds he has become black. Joe was soon introduced to Jackie. Joe was invited to sleep on Jackie's couch because Joe helped a good friend of Jackie's after he had been attacked with a broken bottle. Eventually, Joe is accidentally made a batboy for the Brooklyn Dodgers, Jackie Robinson's team. At first, Joe was nervous and scared that he was a black kid. He was treated badly by the white boys. He soon learned how difficult it was to be a black person, and how badly it feels to be made fun of for being black.
Joe soon understands the pain and frustration Jackie felt being a black man among all white team-mates. Jackie was sent threatening letters, called bad names, and treated very rudely and unkindly. Jackie Robinson was brave and strong, he refused to fight back and he refused to quit. The other players didn't want to be Jackie's friend, and they often ignored him altogether. One day, Pee Wee Reese started joking with Jackie. During the baseball game, Reese put his arm around Jackie and the crowd gasped in shock because it was the first time a white player had shown affection for a black player.
[...]Joe wrote a very informative and sensitive report about Jackie Robinson. He explained all the discrimination and segregation that Jackie had to endure. Joe learned that Jackie was a talented, dignified, and an honorable ball player, who eventually became well liked, admired, and respected.
Rating: 5
Summary: Jackie and Me
Comment: I am 10 years old and I like to read sports books.One of the best sports books ever that I have ever read is is Jackie and Me.This book is about a kid who goes back to 1947 to see Jackie Robinson. When Joe went back to 1947 to see Jackie Robinson it was the year that he broke the color barrier.Read this book to see if Joe and Jackie becomes friends.I liked this book because it is a sports book and I like Jackie Robinson.I could never put the book down because it was so awesome.
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