Ten-year-old Sam Green shares a special friendship with an older man named Davy; both love the Dodgers. When Davy suffers a heart attack and lies dying in the hospital, Jackie Robinson gives Sam an autographed baseball for Davy. But even this wonderful gift cannot prevent Davy from dying.
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ISBN–13: 9780688152932
Publisher: HarperCollins
Publication Date: Apr-1997
Pages: 128
Lexile Level: 0730
Ages: 09 - 12