{"product_id":"in-the-year-of-the-boar-and-jackie-robinson-9780064401753","title":"In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA timeless classic that will enchant readers who love Jennifer L. Holm and \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThanhhà Lại\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e, about an immigrant girl inspired by the sport she loves to find her own home team--and to break down any barriers that stand in her way.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eShirley 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. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThen a miracle happens: baseball! It's 1947, and Jackie Robinson, star of the Brooklyn Dodgers, is a superstar. Suddenly Shirley is playing stickball with her class and following Jackie as he leads the Brooklyn Dodgers to victory after victory.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith her hero smashing assumptions and records on the ball field, Shirley begins to feel that America is truly the land of opportunity--and perhaps has also become her real home.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eLord, Bette Bao:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cstrong\u003eBette Bao Lord\u003c\/strong\u003e based her acclaimed middle grade novel \u003cem\u003eIn the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson\u003c\/em\u003e largely on the days when she herself was a newcomer to the United States. She is also the author of \u003cem\u003eSpring Moon\u003c\/em\u003e, nominated for the American Book Award for First Novel, and \u003cem\u003eEighth Moon\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eSimont, Marc:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cp\u003eMarc Simont was born in 1915 in Paris. His parents were from the Catalonia region of Spain, and his childhood was spent in France, Spain, and the United States. Encouraged by his father, Joseph Simont, an artist and staff illustrator for the magazine \u003cem\u003eL'Illustration, \u003c\/em\u003e Marc Simont drew from a young age. Though he later attended art school in Paris and New York, he considers his father to have been his greatest teacher.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen he was nineteen, Mr. Simont settled in America permanently, determined to support himself as an artist. His first illustrations for a children's book appeared in 1939. Since then, Mr. Simont has illustrated nearly a hundred books, working with authors as diverse as Margaret Wise Brown and James Thurber. He won a Caldecott Honor in 1950 for illustrating Ruth Krauss's \u003cem\u003eThe Happy Day, \u003c\/em\u003e and in in 1957 he was awarded the Caldecott Medal for his pictures in \u003cem\u003eA Tree is Nice, \u003c\/em\u003e by Janice May Udry.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eInternationally acclaimed for its grace, humor, and beauty, Marc Simont's art is in collections as far afield at the Kijo Picture Book Museum in Japan, but the honor he holds most dear is having been chosen as the 1997 Illustrator of the Year in his native Catalonia. Mr. Simont and his wife have one grown son, two dogs and a cat. They live in West Cornwall, Connecticut. Marc Simont's most recent book is \u003cem\u003eThe Stray Dog.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"HarperCollins","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50607665316114,"sku":"9780064401753","price":6.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_46e95365-bb69-46e0-8a74-3a6b24f28814.jpg?v=1732311796","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/in-the-year-of-the-boar-and-jackie-robinson-9780064401753","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}