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Leabhair, Mairsile
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Fiction
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2019
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English
β 134 KB
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Out of Left Field
β Scribed by Klages, Ellen
- Book ID
- 110464496
- Publisher
- Penguin Young Readers Group
- Year
- 2018
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 2 MB
- Category
- Fiction
- ISBN-13
- 9780425288610
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
β¦ Synopsis
A story about the fight for equal rights in America's favorite arena: the baseball field!
Every boy in the neighborhood knows Katy Gordon is their best pitcher, even though she's a girl. But when she tries out for Little League, it's a whole different story. Girls are not eligible, period. It is a boy's game and always has been. It's not fair, and Katy's going to fight back. Inspired by what she's learning about civil rights in school, she sets out to prove that she's not the only girl who plays baseball. With the help of friendly librarians and some tenacious research skills, Katy discovers the forgotten history of female ball players. Why does no one know about them? Where are they now? And how can one ten-year-old change people's minds about what girls can do?
Set in 1957βthe world of Sputnik and Leave It to Beaver, saddle shoes and "Heartbreak Hotel"βOut of Left Field is both a detailed picture of a fascinating...
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****A story about the fight for equal rights in America's favorite arena: the baseball field!**** Every boy in the neighborhood knows Katy Gordon is their best pitcher, even though she's a girl. But when she tries out for Little League, it's a whole different story. Girls are not eligible, period.
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Overview: A lifelong avid reader I began writing when housebound following a leg injury. It is now pretty much a compulsion to the extent that I get 'twitchy' if I can't get to write on a daily basis.