Stealing Home Ellen Schwartz Tundra Books May 8 2009 It is 1947 and Yankee fever grips the Bronx. Nine-year-old Joey Sexton joins the neighborhood kids who flock to the park to team up and play. However, Joey is of mixed race and his skin is lighter than the other kids. He is seldom picked. When Joeys mother dies, he is sent to live with his mothers estranged family. Joey is whisked away to Brooklyn. Though its just across town, it might as well be a different world. His grandfather, his aunt Frieda, and his ten-year-old cousin Roberta are not only white, they are Jewish. Joey knows nothing about Brooklyn or Judaism. The only thing thats constant is the baseball madness that grips the community. Only this time, the heroes arent Joeys beloved Yankees. They are the Brooklyn Dodgers, especially Jackie Robinson, a man whose struggle to integrate baseball helped set the stage for black Americas struggle for acceptance and civil rights. Joeys story takes readers to a time when Americas favorite pastime became a battleground for human rights. From the Trade Paperback edition. About the Author Ellen Schwartz is the author of nonfiction for teens and numerous works of fiction. With Tundra she has published Im a Vegetarian and I Love Yoga, and is also well-known for her critically acclaimed Starshine series, and her picture book, Mr. Belinskys Bagels. Ellen Schwartz lives with her family in Burnaby, British Columbia.From the Trade Paperback edition. About Iceberg The Iceberg Reader revolutionizes the reading experience, making it easier than ever to browse, buy and enjoy books. Features - Attractive interface provides a natural reading experience with full pagination. - Table of Contents incorporates one click navigation. - Vertical and horizontal page orientation. - Adjust font size with a pinch, text reflows automatically. - Search the text within a book. - Create margin notes with user notation. About Random House of Canada Random House of Canada Limited is the Canadian division of Random House, Inc. Our Canadian publishing program is home to such best-selling & award-winning Canadian & international authors as Christie Blatchford, Senator Romeo Dallaire, Camilla Gibb, John Irving, Vincent Lam, Lori Lansens, Yann Martel, Audrey Niffeneger, David Adams Richards & Alexander McCall Smith. Random House, Inc. is the world's largest publisher of general interest hardcover, paperback & audio adult & children's fiction & nonfiction books, & is the book publishing division of Bertelsmann AG, one of the world's foremost media companies. About Scrollmotion ScrollMotion, creator of the Iceberg Reader, is a content technology company based in New York City. For more information, visit www.scrollmotion.com. Support If you have any technical problems please email us at icebergsupport@scrollmotion.com before you post a review.
