Jackie Robinson: He Led the Way
- ISBN-10
- 0448447215
- ISBN-13
- 9780448447216
- Series
- Jackie Robinson
- Category
- Juvenile Nonfiction
- Pages
- 48
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2008
- Publisher
- Penguin Young Readers
- Author
- April Jones Prince
Description
Traces the life of the first black Major League baseball player of the modern era, detailing his childhood, his career as an MVP-award winning baseball player, and a hero of the Civil Rights Movement. Original.
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