The Hero Two Doors Down: Based on the True Story of Friendship Between a Boy and a Baseball Legend

Great book

Bought this for my 10 year old son to do a DBA on for school. My son is not a fan of reading. However, he is truly enjoying this book. He is talking to me about the topics covered in this story and is engaged. I am so happy we picked this book for him to read for his school report. If you have a picky reader you shoud consider this book.

I bought this book for my grandson to read for a school book report. He loved it so much he told me that he didn’t even skip a page!

This book is for Baseball fans. I bought it thinking that it might be interesting for my son to read about a friendship/mentorship. The story of what happens with the people gets weighed down with a lot of drag about historic detail that doesn't help move the plot along. So I thought I'd read it and tell my son the story. I couldn't get through it. The author uses too many historical facts in the places where she is supposed to be building suspense. And it just takes too long to get to the satisfying parts of the story. This is a "book report" book that you could read to get a good grade with. It also wonderful in the characterization of a good, moral, honest role model and friend for children. The adult characters are safe and wholesome to introduce to your young ones.

Highly recommended for six grades

My 10 y/o son, who talks a big game about wanting to “be a reader” but in reality opts for computer over books daily, asked me to buy this book and a few others so he could join his schools “battle of the books” club. We made a deal that I would buy the books and he would read 30 minutes a day before he could get on his technology. So the books arrived today and he picked this one to start. An hour and a half later, he’s halfway through the book, excited to tell us about what he has read. He said “if the rest of the books are this good, I’ll have them all read in a week!” ❤️

I teach 5th grade English, and my students loved this book! More of an easier read for them, but the themes we were able to highlight were perfect. Introductions to Jim Crow, Negro League Baseball, and the Civil Rights Movement and Robinson’s contributions to an integrated society. Most interestingly, this book also presented themes of religion. The end of this book takes place during the holidays. The main character’s family lives in a Jewish neighborhood, and the last few chapters take place around the first night of Hanukkah. The family even participates in a mitzvah, which presented an opportunity for my class to participate in a mitzvah. (We made holiday cards for the community.) Perfect book for students to read in between Thanksgiving and winter break!

The best book ever!!! I loved the story and all of the characters and details it had highly recommend to anyone who loves baseball ⚾️