Play Ball, Jackie!
by Stephen Krensky and Joe Morse
April 15, 1947, was Opening Day for the Brooklyn Dodgers. It was also the first major... read more
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- Grade
- 1-6
- Genre
- Biography
- Sports
- Cultural Experience
- African American
Year Published 2011
Word Count 1,559
- Text Complexity
- Lexile Level: 590L
- ATOS Reading Level: 3.5
- AR Quiz Numbers
- Quiz 141977, 0.5 AR Points
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- Curricular Area
- English Language Arts
- History
- Physical Education
- Social Studies
- Subject Headings
- Robinson, Jackie, 1919-1972--Fiction
- Juvenile Fiction | People & Places | United States - African-American
- Robinson, Jackie, 1919-1972--Juvenile fiction
- Juvenile Fiction | Social Themes | Prejudice & Racism
- Juvenile Fiction | Sports & Recreation | Baseball
- Baseball
- Robinson, Jackie
- Brooklyn Dodgers (Baseball team)--Fiction
- Baseball--Fiction
- African Americans--Fiction
- Brooklyn Dodgers (Baseball team)
- African Americans
- Race relations--Fiction
- Race relations
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