Submitted by khenkes on Mon, 09/18/2023 - 09:39
Ten year old Elijah Breeze, a.k.a. Jumper is having the hardest summer of his life. His father has just died, his mother has moved them from the suburbs to NYC's Harlem area, and he has to spend the summer at baseball camp. Basketball is Jumper's game. He doesn't know anything about baseball, or city life or how to keep going without his dad. Jumper struggles in his new life, but he's encouraged by the support of his coach and his grandma's wisdom.
When young Steve, who is Jewish, tells his new neighbor, Jackie Robinson, that his family does not have a Christmas tree, Jackie brings one to his neighbors, not knowing that they celebrate Hanukkah instead of Christmas.
Submitted by khenkes on Wed, 11/24/2021 - 14:36
Ten year old Elijah Breeze, a.k.a. Jumper is having the hardest summer of his life. His father has just died, his mother has moved them from the suburbs to NYC's Harlem area, and he has to spend the summer at baseball camp. Basketball is Jumper's game. He doesn't know anything about baseball, or city life or how to keep going without his dad. Jumper struggles in his new life, but he's encouraged by the support of his coach and his grandma's wisdom.
Submitted by khenkes on Wed, 11/24/2021 - 14:36
Ten year old Elijah Breeze, a.k.a. Jumper is having the hardest summer of his life. His father has just died, his mother has moved them from the suburbs to NYC's Harlem area, and he has to spend the summer at baseball camp. Basketball is Jumper's game. He doesn't know anything about baseball, or city life or how to keep going without his dad. Jumper struggles in his new life, but he's encouraged by the support of his coach and his grandma's wisdom.
Submitted by khenkes on Wed, 11/24/2021 - 14:36
Ten year old Elijah Breeze, a.k.a. Jumper is having the hardest summer of his life. His father has just died, his mother has moved them from the suburbs to NYC's Harlem area, and he has to spend the summer at baseball camp. Basketball is Jumper's game. He doesn't know anything about baseball, or city life or how to keep going without his dad. Jumper struggles in his new life, but he's encouraged by the support of his coach and his grandma's wisdom.
Submitted by khenkes on Wed, 11/24/2021 - 14:36
Ten year old Elijah Breeze, a.k.a. Jumper is having the hardest summer of his life. His father has just died, his mother has moved them from the suburbs to NYC's Harlem area, and he has to spend the summer at baseball camp. Basketball is Jumper's game. He doesn't know anything about baseball, or city life or how to keep going without his dad. Jumper struggles in his new life, but he's encouraged by the support of his coach and his grandma's wisdom.
Submitted by khenkes on Wed, 11/24/2021 - 14:36
Ten year old Elijah Breeze, a.k.a. Jumper is having the hardest summer of his life. His father has just died, his mother has moved them from the suburbs to NYC's Harlem area, and he has to spend the summer at baseball camp. Basketball is Jumper's game. He doesn't know anything about baseball, or city life or how to keep going without his dad. Jumper struggles in his new life, but he's encouraged by the support of his coach and his grandma's wisdom.
The author shares her experience growing up during 1963, an important year of the civil rights movement.
"In January of 1963, Sharon Robinson turned thirteen the night before George Wallace declared on national television 'segregation now, segregation tomorrow, segregation forever' in his inauguration for governor of Alabama. That was the start of a year that would become one of the most pivotal years in the history of America. As the daughter of Jackie Robinson, Sharon had incredible access to some of the most important events of the era, including her family hosting several fundraisers for Martin Luther King Jr. at their home in Connecticut, other Civil Rights heroes of the day calling Jackie Robinson for advice and support, and even attending the March on Washington for Freedom and Jobs. But Sharon was also dealing with her own personal problems like going through puberty, being one of the only black children in her wealthy Connecticut neighborhood, and figuring out her own role in the fight for equality. This memoir follows Sharon as she goes through that incredible year of her life"--.
Elijah Breeze, a ten-year-old African American boy, moves back to New York City with his mother and attends a summer baseball camp as he tries to make new friends and adapt to urban ways.
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