
Teammates
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Children's - Grade 2-3, Age 7-8
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4.8
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[32] p.
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This is the moving story of how Jackie Robinson became the first black player on a Major League baseball team and how on a fateful day in Cincinnati, Pee Wee Reese took a stand and declared Jackie his teammate.Describes the racial prejudice experienced by Jackie Robinson when he joined the Brooklyn Dodgers and became the first black player in Major League baseball and depicts the acceptance and support he received from his white teammate Pee Wee Reese.