Deborah Hopkinson

In the early 1900s, Alta Weiss, a young woman who knows from an early age that she loves baseball, finds a way to show that she can play, even though she is a girl.

A Baseball Story in Nine Innings

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Jeni Enjaian

As a girl who loves baseball, though one no where near as talented as Alta Weiss, I knew I would love this book from the moment I read the subtitle.
I love how Hopkinson divided the narrative into nine chapters or innings. She could have just let the narrative flow and the story would still run its course fairly well. It would have have had the same pizazz if she had done that, however.
The illustrations by Terry Widener also appear to have marinated in the history and culture of the time. They form the perfect compliment to Hopkinson's narrative.

Girl Wonder A Baseball Story in Nine Innings

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