In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson

Jackie Robinson是第一位打入大聯盟的非裔美國人，承蒙我對它的喜愛所影響，八歲時，我身無長物從來自上海的船走下來，找到通往美國夢的道路。現在王建民來了，他也和英文搏鬥。但是比起他和我之間，他和Jackie有著更多的相同點。這位洋基的王牌投手去曾連續得十九勝，是賽揚獎選拔的第二名，他是美國崛起新星。但在台灣，他早已是一位超級明星。每當他投球時，不論是現場直播或是錄影轉播，台灣人民立刻放下政治恩怨和個人的事務，聚集在意想不到的地方，共同為「建仔」加油。Jackie一度以他卓越及風雅打破族群藩籬。今天棒球界的鈴木一朗、松坂大輔和王建民則鑿去了文化的隔閡。當文明的衝突方興未艾之際，「我這個八歲小孩的心仍夢想著一個充滿希望的和諧世界。這封「時代雜誌」邀請Bette Bao Lord寫的王建民個人介紹文提及，她八歲時自上海到美國，因為對第一位非裔職棒選手Jackie Robinson著迷而找到了美國夢。
Product Description
Shirley Temple Wong sails from China to America with a heart full of dreams. Her new home is Brooklyn, New York. America is indeed a land full of wonders, but Shirley doesn't know any English, so it's hard to make friends. Then a miracle-baseball-happens. It is 1947, and Jackie Robinson, star of the Brooklyn Dodgers, is everyone's hero. Jackie Robinson is proving that a black man, the grandson of a slave, can make a difference in America and for Shirley as well, on the ball field and off, America becomes the land of opportunity.
Notable Children's Books of 1984 (ALA)
Best Books of 1984 (SLJ)
Notable 1984 Childrens' Trade Books in Social Studies (NCSS/CBC)
Children's Books of 1984 (Library of Congress)
1984 Children's Books (NY Public Library)
1985 Jefferson Cup Award (Virginia Library Association)

作者簡介：

Bette Bao Lord has based In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson largely on the days when she herself was a newcomer to America.She is the author of Spring Moon, nominated for the American Book Award for First Novel, and Eighth Moon.

• 作者： Bette Bao Lord
• 出版社： Harper Collins USA 出版日期：1986-08-01 ISBN/ISSN：0064401758
• 語言：英文 適讀年齡：9~12歲 裝訂方式：平裝 頁數：176頁
• 類別： 中文書> 少兒親子> 少兒文學