In the year of the boar,chapter,many things happenedChapter 5 Shirley kept on doing extra work for the teacher and one day she went outside and hadn't noticed there was a runner stealing home. The runer was a tall big girl named Mable. They coilided and she started cussing at Shirley. Shirley not knowing what to say she repeated some of the words Mable had used and got in return two black eyes. She wouldn't tell her mother what happened so she went to the police station. When Shirley stil didn't tell what happened they went home. The next day Mable asked Shirley if she wanted to play stickball. They ended up being friends.
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The main conflict in "In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson" was the fact that Shirley was a Chinese student in America who felt isolated. She did not originally speak English and she was bullied by another girl but never told anyone.
Shirley Temple Wong sails from China to America with a heart full of wonders. Her new home is in Brooklyn, New York. Shirley doesn't know any English, so it's hard to make AMerican friends. Then a miracle happens Baseball. Jackie Robinson, star of the Brooklyn Dodgers, is everyone's hero. Jackie Robinson is proving that a black man, the grandson of a slave, can make a difference in America. And for Shirley as well America becomes the land of opportunity
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