Stealing Home: Jackie Robinson: Against the Odds

Stealing Home: Jackie Robinson: Against the Odds by Robert Burleigh, illus. by Mike Wimmer, Simon and Schuster Books for Young Readers, hc, 2007, 32 pp.

Robert Burleigh's poetic text brings to life Jackie stealing home plate. At the same time, there is a boxed insert on each two page spread of factual information following Jackie's life and the effect he had on baseball and breaking the segregation barrier.