Girl Wonder: A Baseball Story in Nine Innings (Hardcover)

By Deborah Hopkinson, Terry Widener (Illustrator)
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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.

About the Author

Terry Widener is an award-winning illustrator whose picture books include Lou Gehrig: The Luckiest Man (a Boston Globe-Horn Book Honor Book and an ALA Notable Book) and The Babe & I (a recipient of the California Young Reader Medal), both by David A. Adler, and Girl Wonder: A Baseball Story in Nine Innings (a Junior Library Guild Selection) by Deborah Hopkinson. Mr. Widener lives with his family in McKinney, Texas.

Product Details ISBN-10: 0689833008
ISBN-13: 9780689833007
Published: Atheneum/Anne Schwartz Books, 03/01/2003
Pages: 40
Language: English
Recommended Reading Level Minimum Age: 5
Maximum Age: 8
Minimum Grade Level: Kindergarten
Maximum Grade Level: 3rd Grade