SERIES MADE SIMPLE

Jackie Robinson: Breaking Baseball's Color Barrier

by Jackie STANMYRE
9781502610560. ea vol: 112p. (Game-Changing Athletes). chron. glossary. photos. Cavendish Square. 2016. lib. ed. $42.79. ebk. $42.79.
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Gr 7 Up—Primary source quotes and archival photos make this series a great resource for research writers, aspiring athletes, and readers interested in reading true stories of overcoming adversity. Each book in this electric series serves as a well-rounded biography of one or more athletes while showing very clearly how the subjects changed their sport while fighting against public perceptions about their race and gender. The text appropriately examines the struggles groundbreaking athletes like Althea Gibson and Billie Jean King endured just to be able to play.
VERDICT A necessary first purchase for teen nonfiction collections.
Reviewed by Staff , Apr 01, 2016

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