{"product_id":"mighty-jackie-the-strike-out-queen-9780689863295","title":"Mighty Jackie: The Strike-Out Queen","description":"\u003cb\u003eAn ALA Notable Children's Book\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eAn ILA Teachers' Choice\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eA Read Aloud\/Comstock Honor Book\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eAn ALA Amelia Bloomer Project Book\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFor as long as she could remember, Jackie Mitchell's father had told Jackie she could be good at whatever she wanted, as long as she worked at it. Jackie worked at baseball. She worked hard. And before long Jackie could outplay anyone in her neighborhood--even the boys. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eShe had one pitch--a wicked, dropping curve ball. But no seventeen-year-old girl could pitch against Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig. It was unthinkable. Then on April 2, 1931, the New York Yankees stopped in Tennessee for an exhibition game against the Chattanooga Lookouts. 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