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foreword

Long ago, when baseball was still our national pastime,

Text copyright © 2020 by
J. Patrick Lewis . Illustrations copyright ©
2020 by John Thompson . Photographs by Getty Images
a man grew into a giant. Who was he? The first black
(The Frent Collection/Corbis Historical) . Edited by Amy Novesky
and Kate Riggs; designed by Rita Marshall . Published in 2020
by Creative Editions . P .O. Box 227, Mankato, MN 56002 USA . Creative
Editions is an imprint of The Creative Company . www.thecreativecompany.us ballplayer in the major leagues. Exceptionally gifted,
All rights reserved. No part of the contents of this book may be reproduced by any
Jackie Robinson quickly became a household name.
means without the written permission of the publisher. . Printed in China
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data . Names: Lewis, J. Patrick, author. /
And long after a distinguished career on and off the
Rabinovitz, Ron, contributor. / Thompson, John, illustrator. . Title: Always, Jackie / by J.
Patrick Lewis, with Ron Rabinovitz; illustrated by John Thompson. Includes bibliographical
diamond, decades after his death, his legend continues
references. Summary: The unbelievable yet true story of how an eight-year-old white kid
from Sheboygan, Wisconsin, met the legendary Jackie Robinson in the 1950s—and
to grow. Along the bruising road to glory, he found a
how the two became lifelong friends. . Identifiers: LCCN 2019027701 / ISBN
978-1-56846-307-0 . Subjects: LCSH: Robinson, Jackie, 1919–72—Juvenile
friend in the heart of the country—a youngster with
literature. / Rabinovitz, Ronnie—Juvenile literature. / Baseball players—United
States—Biography—Juvenile literature. / African American baseball
curveball hopes and fastball dreams named Ronnie
players—Biography—Juvenile literature. / Friendship—Juvenile
Rabinovitz.
literature. . Classification: LCC GV865.R6 R33 2020 /
DDC 796.357092 [B]—dc23 / First edition
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