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Jackie and Me

by Tania Grossinger

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Aged thirteen in 1951, Tania feels like an outsider at her cousins' hotel but guest Jackie Robinson invites her to play ping pong with him, which is the start of a friendship that lasts until the baseball legend's death in 1972.

Children's fictionRobinson, jackie, 1919-1972, fictionFriendship, fictionAfrican americans, fictionHotels, motels, etc., fictionNew york (n.y.), fictionHotels, motelsJuvenile fictionAfrican AmericansFriendshipFiction