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Isadora, Rachel

Luke Goes to Bat

32 pp. | Putnam | February, 2005 | Trade ISBN 0-399-23604-X $15.99
(4) K-3 It's 1950s Brooklyn, and Luke desperately wants to play baseball. His grandmother takes him to Ebbets Field for inspiration. Unfortunately, a sweet and promising tale turns saccharine when a ghostlike Jackie Robinson appears to Luke, proclaiming, "Your grandma was right. You can't give up." Nuanced illustrations of urban scenes evoke nostalgia for family, childhood, and baseball in a bygone era.
Reviewer: CHristine Sarrazin

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