Jackies Nine: Jackie Robinsons Values to Live By: Becoming Your Best Self by Sharon Robinson

Jackies Nine: Jackie Robinsons Values to Live By: Becoming Your Best Self Reviews

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  Josh Long

  Personal Responds
  I did not like this book because it was hard for me to keep track of the events that took place. I also did not like how this book had many different people talking about the same events. I did like learning more about courage, determination, teamwork, persistence, integrity, citizenship, justice, commitment, and excellence in civil rights movement. The book also mentioned Elizabeth Eckford, on of nine black students who tried to enter a white high school in Little Rock, Arkansas on September 4, 1957. They were turned away by the National Guard. I also liked her courage when she tried to enter the school with the eight other girls. She could not go into the school because of being black.
  
  Plot
  Branch Rickey, president of the Brooklyn Dodgers told Jackie Robinson not to fight racism. That must have been very hard for Jackie Robinson not fight the racism and all of the people telling him to get out of baseball. Jackie Robinson was also the first black player to play professional baseball. I can relate to Jackie Robinson wanting to fight back. I also wanted to get into a fight with my brother. I knew it was wrong, so I did not fight. I think Jackie Robinson knew if he would fight back he would get arrested. This whole book mostly told about non-violent approach to racial discrimination. Jackie Robinson's son, David, moved to Tanzania to operate a coffee farm which he named Sweet Unity. The farm was part of a coffee cooperative of over 200 other farms. His move showed a lot of courage and teamwork with men of the black race working together to fight racism.
  
  Characterization
  Jackie Robinson's daughter, Sharon, wrote this book in her point of view. She was a nurse and later became a nurse-midwife. When she retired from mid midwifery she joined the Office of Commissioner of Baseball as Director of Education Programming. She was able to write this book because the close relationship with her father and her understanding of racial discrimination. She also had a great deal of knowledge about baseball.
  
  
  Impacts of Setting
  This book's stories took place in the southern states and mainly in the 1950's, 60's, and 70's. This book was important because if it took place before the civil rights movement and follow through to when all blacks would have not deal with racism. Although racism was more common in the south the north also showed racism.
  
  Recommendation
  I would recommend this book to male or female ages 16-18 or anyone who likes reading about how to fight racism from a first person point of view. It was a book about different events that happened during the civil rights movement but does not have a specific story line. I also gave this book one star because I did not really enjoy the book at all.
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  Cynthia

  I like Jackie Robinson so I borrowed Sharon Robinson's book from a Little Free Library. It's a cleverly formatted according to each of the nine values: Courage, Determination, Teamwork, Persistence, Integrity, Citizenship, Justice, Commitment, Excellence. For each value, Sharon Robinson includes stories from her and her dad's life and the life of one of her personal heroes. This book is written for children and young teenagers. I used it as a starting point to read more about Jackie Robinson.
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  Havanna

  Wow. In two words, Great book! I honestly do not like non-fiction but I loves this! I love the inspiration and I hope that everyone likes my project that I did on it!
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  Teddy Hylant

  Sharon Robinson did a great job with this book. It is very inspiring and motivating. Jackie Robinson was a great ball player and an inspiring person off the field. This book gives you Jackie's nine. They are nine values to live by. These values are courage, determination, teamwork, persistence, integrity, citizenship, justice, commitment, and excellence. For each value you learn how Jackie and how you can use the certain value.
  I really enjoyed the book. It really captures what a good person looks like. All the values relate to everyone in a certain. I learned a lot from the book about Jackie and how to show the values. I would give this a 5 star rating. I would recommend it to any who enjoys baseball. I would also recommend it to someone that needs motivation or wants to learn values in life.
  
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  Kim

  I wanted to like this more that I did.
  
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  Gavyn Bailey

  I like this book and love baseball and Jackie Robinson is a very good baseball player.
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  Barbara Lovejoy

  It was great to read about this amazing man.
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  Gina Schaarschmidt

  Jackie Robinson's values to live by include teamwork, persistence, integrity, citizenship, justice, commitment and excellence. This book is a collection of essays put together by Jackie's adult daughter, Sharon. Each chapter focuses on one value, and includes a story from Sharon's memory, a vignette from Jackie's life (written by him or someone who knew him, and a third essay by a "hero" of Sharon's.
  
  I can see this book as part of an ongoing values exploration in a school or for a Jackie Robinson fan to read. For me, it was difficult to swallow in a cover-to-cover read. I'm not a sports person, so many of the names meant nothing to me. The format was a little confusing, as Sharon's essays aren't specifically credited but the others' are and the inclusion of photos don't naturally follow the content. I loved the photos! I just didn't always recognize the context or the unidentified people in the photos.
  
  With that said, I loved reading more about this trailblazer and his struggles as the first black Major League ball player. He was an impressive, strong character whose story will connect with many.
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  Pauline

  One of my long term life heroes has been Jackie Robinson. So, when I saw this book on the shelf, I borrowed it from my teacher-daughter’s fifth grade classroom. It provides an excellent message for young people, and older people alike. The values are timeless. The values are important. The values pertinent. Courage, determination, teamwork, persistence, integrity, citizenship, justice, commitment and excellence were discussed as seen in the life of Jackie Robinson and others. This short book encourages and inspires others to reach for and live by these nine. Jesse Jackson said, “a champion wins and is hoisted on the shoulders of teammates and fans. Champions live for the moment. A hero carries people on his shoulders. Heroes like Jackie Robinson, transcend time.” We may not all have the courage or Jackie Robinson, but we can all strive for excellence in serving others with the nine virtues. As Jackie said, “a life is. It important except for the impact it has on other lives.” Read this book and be challenged to make an impact—on your family, your community, even the world—who knows what you will be called to do?
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  Lisa Overberg

  This collection of essays, compiled by Robinson's daughter Sharon, demonstrates how people who embody values such as courage, determination, and integrity make brave decisions that affect the lives of many other people. She focuses on her father's commitment to endure humiliation and racism in an effort to break down barriers. In addition to details about the baseball player's life, the book also includes moving excerpts from the writings of Christopher Reeve, Marian Wright Edelman, and Jesse Jackson. This important work brings to life the Civil Rights struggles and victories for generations who have enjoyed the benefits of brave black resisters and their white allies in the 1960s, as well as those who continue to work and advocate on behalf of the marginalized and defenseless.
  
  Genre: Biography, informational
  Reading level: 6.4
  Grade level: 6-8
  Lexile: 1040
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  Julia

  I liked this book more than The Big Field by Mike Lupica mainly because it wasn't just about baseball. The book is mainly about nine values that Jackie Robinson used in his life, as the title says. This book taught me a lot about what things to value in life and the struggles that people go through. I really liked how the author was Jackie Robinson's daughter so the book seemed a lot more personal. Another thing I liked was how there were stories told by Jackie Robinson, himself, and his wife, Rachel Robinson. There were also stories by others. One of the main focuses I noticed was racial discrimination, which was cool to learn more about. When I read this book I almost felt like I got to personally get to know Jackie Robinson. The lexile is 1040 and I read it for the other half of the 40 point challenge called, Game On!
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  Samantha

  This is one of the books that has been on my shelf FOREVER, and I just now read it. It is really meant for someone in the fifth or sixth grade, but I still learned a lot more about a person I've always admired.
  Jackie Robinson was actually a figure in the Civil Rights movement in addition to his strides on the baseball diamond. What makes this book interesting is that there are anecdotes from Robinson's daughter, the book's author. The "Nine" from the title are values that the baseball great held dear, and for each, there are also stories about other people who embodied those qualities.
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  Jeremy

  This book was pretty good. it was a about a boy that was poor at a younger age. He was good at something, baseball, and he played through school To be now known as an all time great in baseball history. This shows me that no matter how you grow up, and what your situation is economically if you put your mind to something, you can do it. you can become something in life that you want to be, you just have to work for it, and strive to be the best like jackie did.
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  Donald

  A really excellent overview of Jackie Robinson's life both in and after baseball. His daughter is the author, but she uses Jackie's own words to illustrate his struggles and his perseverance. The book is divided into sections related to Jackies' nine values to live by and each section has stories, photos, and essays. I found it to be a great way to learn more about Jackie and also a nice review of the Civil Rights struggle in this country. Go #42!
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  Matthew Macdonald

  Jackie's Nine by Sharon Robinson is a book about different stories from African American roll models who went threw troubling times during segregation. Also some stories about Jackie Robinson.
  I suggest this book to any one who likes baseball and African American history. Jackie's Nine is a very good book and highly suggest it to baseball lovers.
  Jackie's Nine is a very educational book that has lots of facts and information about some of your favorite baseball players and athletes.
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  Senai D

  Jackie Robinson was really despise in the 1950 and for a man he succeed and achieved his goal that amazing. I really enjoyed the format and the vocabulary the author, Sharon Robinson used when writing "Jackie's Nine." The book explains and shows Jackie's extremely tough journey and how he overcame it.
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  Nik

  Jackies Nine is a magnificent book it explains about he over came his fears and promblems from be the first african american to play major leauge baseball