Jackie Robinson
In this book, Jackie Robinson represents the true American Dream because of his pioneering run as a star for the Brooklyn Dodgers. Just as Shirley struggles to fit in at school and is perceived as...
Baseball
Baseball is the means through which Shirley begins to acclimate to American culture and relate to her classmates. It serves as a common interest that she and her classmates can share and over which...
America
For Shirley and her family, America represents all sorts of new things they wouldn't have had at home in China. Her dad gets a new job; her mother takes on a new role as a housewife; and Shirley, i...