Girl Wonder: A Baseball Story in Nine Innings

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

Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Aladdin Paperbacks
Published: 02/01/2006
ISBN: 9781416913931
Pages: 40
Weight: 0.40lbs
Size: 10.70h x 7.80w x 0.40d

Review Citations: Publishers Weekly 04/10/2006 pg. 75

Accelerated Reader Quiz #/Name: 66891 / Girl Wonder: A Baseball Story in Nine Innings
Reading Level: 3 / Interest Level: Lower Grade / Point Value: 0.5