Interest Level
Grades 3 - 7
Reading Level
Grade level Equivalent: 4
Lexile Measure®: 640L
DRA: 50
Guided Reading: U
Genre
- Biography
- Historical Fiction
- Movie Tie-In
Theme/Subject
- Baseball
- African American History
- Prejudice and Tolerance Experiences
- Sports Heroes
About This Book
This novel is based on the movie 42, a biopic about Jackie Robinson's history-making signing with the Brooklyn Dodgers as the first African American Major League Baseball player. The movie, starring Chadwick Boseman as Robinson and Harrison Ford, will be released to theaters 4/12/13, just in time for baseball season.Scholastic Marketing Partners has an annual essay contest called Breaking Barriers, which is associated with Jackie Robinson's foundation (headed by his daughter). The book has an 8-page full-color insert. Please note: the book is historically accurate and therefore contains racial slurs.
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