Testing the Ice: A True Story about Jackie Robinson

Contributor(s): Robinson, Sharon (Author), Nelson, Kadir (Illustrator)

ISBN: 9780545052511

Publisher: Scholastic Press

Hardcover

$19.99

Pub Date: October 1, 2009

Dewey: FIC

LCCN: 2008038838

Lexile Code: 0800

Features: Dust Cover, Illustrated, Price on Product - Canadian, Price on Product

Target Age Group: 07 to 10

Physical Info: 0.40" H x 12.30" L x 9.28" W ( 1.21 lbs) 40 pages

BISAC Categories:

Juvenile Nonfiction | Social Topics | Values and Virtues | Family | General see also headings under Social Topics

Accelerated Reader® Info

Quiz #:0000133638 ( Testing the Ice: A True Story about Jackie Robinson)

Reading level: 3.90

Interest level: LG

Point value: 0.5

Descriptions, Reviews, etc.

Description: In a stunning metaphor for Jackie Robinson's legendary breaking of the color barrier in Major League Baseball, Sharon Robinson honors her extraordinary father's memory with her warm graceful storytelling. Caldecott Honor-artist Nelson has created richly rendered paintings that radiate with the spirit of one of America's finest heroes. Full color.