The book that I am reading is Who Was Jackie Robinson? The author is Gail Herman. The book is about Jackie Robinson trying to be the only black major league baseball player in history of the United States of America. The reason Jackie Robinson was and still is so famous is because he was the first ever black baseball major league player. When Jackie Robinson died it was a really sad moment for everyone, even some of the white baseball players not on his team.
The most important thing that happened in the book is that Jackie played in an all-black baseball league until he met someone who wanted him to play in the major league for the Brooklyn Dodgers. That was the most hard decision that he ever made. If he joined, he would rather get bullied by the white baseball player or they would just leave him alone.
After he thought about it, he said “Yes! I would love to.” I think this quote he just said was one of the most interesting things in the book, because what would’ve happened if he said no? I also think that when Jackie stole home for the win was really cool because I had never read about somebody stealing home for the win before.
Jackie Robinson is brave. He is brave because he wanted to take the risk of playing an all white American game that was be shown in front of hundreds of people that thought he shouldn’t be playing the game of baseball. He is also is smart because he never gets into fights with other people that think he shouldn’t be playing baseball or think that he is a terrible person because he ruined the baseball because of his skin color. I also think he is thankful because he liked to play the game not let anyone take the game from him. A really important quote he said was that “all black and whites should play this game baseball.”
I think you should read this book because it tells you all about Jackie Robinson’s life. I think Jackie Robinson’s character reminds me of Babe Ruth because he is really good and so is Jackie. I would rate this book 4 stars because there are a lot of facts that I never knew.
That book looked awesome because it’s about Jackie Robinson and I love him.
This book looks very good. I really enjoyed the way you described the book and the characters.
And please tell me when another book in this series comes out.
I really like how the authors who write this series can pack so many facts in! Have you read other Who Was books, or did you choose this one because you are a baseball fan?