by Bette Bao Lord, Marc Simont · HarperCollins · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780064401753
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«In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson» is the children's novel by Bette Bao Lord and Marc Simont (HarperCollins, paperback, 176 pages, in English).
Shirley Temple Wong arrives from China in Brooklyn in 1947 without knowing English and struggles to make friends. Everything changes when she discovers baseball and adopts Jackie Robinson, star of the Brooklyn Dodgers, as her hero. Following his feats on and off the field, Shirley learns to feel part of the United States and to see it as her home.
The work was originally published in 1984 and is set in Brooklyn in 1947; the illustrations are by Marc Simont.
Recommended for children's and young adult readers aged 8 to 12, especially for those who enjoy baseball and immigration stories.
Bette Bao Lord is a Chinese-born American writer and civic activist for human rights and democracy.
