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Girl Wonder

A Baseball Story in Nine Innings (With Audio Recording)

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Publisher Description

Did you ever hear
the story
of the
Girl Wonder?

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!
Faster than you can say "strike out!," Alta's convinced him to give her a chance. And so with the crowd buzzing and the big game up to her, Alta steps up to the pitcher's mound, determined to prove everybody wrong.
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.

  • GENRE
    Kids
    RELEASED
    2013
    June 11
    LANGUAGE
    EN
    English
    LENGTH
    20
    Pages
    PUBLISHER
    Atheneum Books for Young Readers
    SELLER
    Simon & Schuster Digital Sales LLC
    SIZE
    9.3
    MB
    AUDIENCE
    Grades K-3

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