Book 2010

Jackie's gift

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Publisher: Viking
Language: English
Published: 2010

Christmas
Christmas trees -- Fiction
African Americans -- Fiction
Hanukkah -- Fiction
Jews -- United States -- Fiction
Race relations -- Fiction

When young Steve, who is Jewish, tells his new neighbor, Jackie Robinson, that his family does not have a Christmas tree, Jackie brings one to his neighbors, not knowing that they celebrate Hanukkah instead of Christmas. Based on a true story.