Girl Wonder: A Baseball Story In Nine Innings

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Enjoyed by readers of age: 6 to 8

Read the most by: boys and girls

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!

ISBN10: 1416913939	ISBN13: 9781416913931
Format: Paperback	Pages: 40
Publisher: SIMON & SCHUSTER	GoodReads Rating: 4
Author: Deborah Hopkinson, Terry Widener,