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!

• | Author: Deborah Hopkinson
• | Publisher: Aladdin Paperbacks
• | Publication Date: Feb 01, 2006
• | Number of Pages: 40 pages
• | Binding: Paperback or Softback
• | ISBN-10: 1416913939
• | ISBN-13: 9781416913931