Jackie Robinson: An American Hero

by Anne E. Schraff

When rookie first baseman Jackie Robinson took the field for the Brooklyn Dodgers on April 15, 1947, he was doing something no black man had done in the 20th playing major league baseball. Many people didn t want him there. In the days and weeks to come, fans would shower him with racist slurs; opposing players would spike him; death threats would arrive in the mail. But through it all, Jackie Robinson knew that by defying the racists, he was opening up baseball to a long line of talented young men who would come after him, men who had been denied their chance before. He would be the man at the front of the line.

Genres: Biography

138 pages, Paperback

First published February 1, 2008

About the author

Anne Elaine Schraff grew up in Cleveland, Ohio. She received both her bachelor's and master's degrees from California State University at Northridge and taught high school for ten years.

Anne paid her way through college by writing short stories for magazines. Since college she has written hundreds of stories and over eighty books including historical fiction, biographies, science books, and her favorite, fictional books for young people. She is published as both Anne Schraff and Anne E. Schraff.

Her background, which she describes as "multicultural, lower middle-class neighborhood, including African Americans, Mexican Americans, Arab Americans, and Filipino Americans," is her greatest inspiration when writing.

Reviews

[Ben · Rating 4 out of 5]

Jackie Robinson is a person who affect positively nearly all humanity in USA, world. As a huge baseball fan, I know Robinson's story back in my childhood days but i didn't know every detail. In this book, I did discovered Robinson's military period, why it ended unjusticially. Of course we just can't forget to Branch Rickey, Robinson's good and loyalty mentor, person who made his name is baseball history. Short and brief but very good book.

[Chris · Rating 4 out of 5]

Biography appropriate for middle school.