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Teammates

Teammates

by Peter Golenbock Illustrated by Paul Bacon

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.

1990 Notable Children's Trade Book in the Field of Social Studies.

Ages
8, 10
Interest Level
Grades 3 - 5
Grade Level Equivalent
4.1
Lexile Measure
930L
DRA
30
Guided Reading
N
Publisher
Gulliver Books
Number of Pages
32
Genre
Biography, Biography and Autobiography, General Nonfiction

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