Testing the Ice: A True Story About Jackie Robinson [正]

作者：ROBINSON, SHARON/ NELSON, KADIR (ILT)
出版社：SCHOLASTIC
出版日期：2009年10月01日
語言：英文 ISBN：9780545052511
裝訂：精裝

內容簡介TOPWHEN JACKIE ROBINSON RETIRES FROM BASEBALL AND MOVES HIS FAMILY TO CONNECTICUT, THE BEAUTIFUL LAKE ON THEIR PROPERTY IS THE CENTER OF EVERYONE’S FUN. THE NEIGHBORHOOD CHILDREN JOIN THE ROBINSONKIDS FOR SWIMMING AND BOATING. BUT ODDLY, JACKIE NEVER GOES NEAR THE WATER. IN A DRAMATIC EPISODE THAT FIRST WINTER, THE CHILDREN BEG TO GO ICE SKATING ON THE LAKE. JACKIE SAYS THEY CAN GO--BUT ONLY AFTER HE TESTS THE ICE TO MAKE SURE IT’S SAFE. THE CHILDREN PROD AND PUSH TO GET JACKIE OUTSIDE, UNTIL HESITANTLY, HE FINALLY GOES. LIKE A BLIND MAN WITH A STICK, (CONTD.) JACKIE TAPS ON THE ICE’S SURFACE, WHEN SUDDENLY HOWLING AND ROARING SOUNDS COME OUT OF THE LAKE!IT IS ONLY THEN THAT SHARON REALIZES WHY SHE’S NEVER SEEN HER FATHER IN THE WATER -- JACKIE DOESN’T KNOW HOW TO SWIM! BUT HER HORROR CHANGES TO RELIEF AS JACKIE BRAVELY TAPSHIS WAY TO THE MIDDLE OF THE LAKE -- AND DECLAREIT SAFE!IN A STUNNING METAPHOR FOR JACKIE ROBINSON’S LEGENDARY BREAKING OF THE COLOR BARRIER IN MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL, SHARON ROBINSON HONORS HER EXTRAORDINARY FATHER’S MEMORY WITH HER WARM GRACEFUL STORYTELLING.TWO-TIME CALDECOTT HONOR BOOK ARTIST KADIR NELSON HAS CREATED RICHLY RENDERED PAINTINGS THAT RADIATE WITH THE BEAUTY AND SPIRIT OF ONE OF AMERICA’S FINEST HEROES.

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