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Aladdin Paperbacks, 2006-01-02

Girl Wonder: A Baseball Story in Nine Innings

Girl Wonder: A Baseball Story in Nine Innings

Deborah Hopkinson, Author

Terry Widener, Illustrator

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9781416913931

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When Alta Weiss throws a corncob at a tomcat chasing her favorite hen, folks know one thing for sure: She may be a girl, but she's got some arm. This is the exciting story of the pioneering female baseball player--a true American original. Full color.
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Keywords and Themes: Baseball & Softball • Biographical • General • Girls & Women • JUV004000 • JUV014000 • JUV032010 • Juvenile Fiction • Sports & Recreation

Age Range • 5-8

Pages • 40

Subjects • Weiss • Alta • Women baseball players • Baseball players • Baseball

Categories • Juvenile Fiction | Sports & Recreation | Baseball & Softball • Juvenile Fiction | Girls & Women • Juvenile Fiction | Biographical | General

Inspired by the life of pioneering female baseball player Alta Weiss, and dramatized by Terry Widener's bold illustrations, Girl Wonder tells the unforgettable story of a true American original.

Alta Weiss was born to play baseball, simple as that. From the age of two, when she hurls a corncob at a pesky tomcat, folks in her small Ohio town know one thing for sure: She may be a girl, but she's got some arm.

When she's seventeen, Alta hears about a semipro team, the Independents. Here's her big chance! But one look at Alta's long skirts tells Coach all he needs to know--girls can't play baseball! But faster than you can say "strike out," Alta proves him wrong: Girls can play baseball!

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