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Robinson, Sharon

The Hero Two Doors Down: The Story of a Friendship Between a Boy and a Baseball Legend

198 pp. | Scholastic | February, 2016 | Trade ISBN 978-0-545-80451-6 $16.99 | Ebook ISBN 978-0-545-80453-0
(4) 4-6 Robinson has rich material to plumb in her story of the friendship between her African American father, Jackie, and the Jewish, hero-worshiping eight-year-old who lived two doors away in 1948 Brooklyn. Unfortunately, her writing about the moments of high emotion attendant to such a relationship is interspersed with awkward speeches about discrimination, prejudice, perseverance, and the like. A strong premise, hampered by earnestness.
Reviewer: Miriam Lang Budin

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