In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson by Bette Bao Lord; Illustrated by Marc Simont
	List Price:   $5.99 Unit Price:   $4.79 You Save:   $1.20 (20%) ISBN-10:   0064401758 ISBN-13:   9780064401753 Publisher:   HarperCollins Series:   Trophy Bk. Edition:   97, illustrated Category:   Sports, Middle School Pub. Date:   October 1986 Pages:   176 Format:   Paperback Ages:   8 to 12 Grades:   4 to 7
Awards
1985  Jefferson Cup Award  Winner!  1987  Mark Twain Award  Nominee/Honoree
Subjects
CHILDREN'S FICTION BASEBALL_FICTION
Description/Notes
A young Chinese girl finds that the world of baseball helps her adjust to her new home in America. Shirley Temple Wong is thrilled to be moving from her home in China to America. But it isn't easy. She doesn't speak English, the kids at school ignore her, and she feels very far from home. The story of a Chinese girl who leaves China to join her father in New York in 1947. Ten-year-old Bandit Wong emigrates to America in 1947 from China and assimilates into the Chinese-American Shirley Temple Wong. Illustrations.