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Readers who will like this book:

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Tuesday, March 13, 2012

Girl Wonder-A Baseball Stroy in Nine Innings

BASIC DOCUMENTATION
Book Title: Girl Wonder - A Baseball Story in Nine Innings

Author(s): Deborah Hopkinson

Illustrator/Photographer/Artist: Terry Widener

Publisher: Atheneum Books for Readers

Copyright Date: 2003

Genre: Historical Fiction

Brief Annotation
Inspired by the real life of female baseball player Alta Weiss, the author tells the story of a talented girl baseball pitcher and her journey into minor league baseball. The setting is the early 1900’s, before the ‘Woman’s Baseball League’ was established in 1943.

Your Rating (1-5) and why: 5
This book can be inspiring to anyone wishing to accomplish the unexpected, especially girls. The author presents a good example for what can happen with practice and determination. The illustrations do a great job highlighting her being different from the other players. Her feminine features are not hidden in the pictures and she stands out as a girl/woman in a proud way.


Readers who will like this book:
• Girls who like sports
• Readers who enjoy the history of baseball
• Readers who enjoy hearing about the success of an ‘underdog’
• Readers who enjoy woman’s history or woman’s rights history
• Readers who enjoy history


Question to ask about this book before a read aloud:
• Ask the listeners to explain what they know about baseball.
• Ask the listeners to tell me some famous players or positions.
• As the listeners to tell me some women baseball players. Make some predictions as to why they cannot name any. Could there be eventually be one?

Optional, but noted as extra effort:

1. Interest Level (age): 5-7

2. Grade Level Equivalent (grade): 2.8


3. List awards
Great Lakes Book Award
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  1. Suzy Kaback & FamilyMarch 31, 2012 at 6:20 AM

    Sounds like you enjoyed this book. (btw: you might want to edit the way you spelled "story" in the heading of this post). It would make a good addition to a textset on women in sports, which might include Wilma, Unlimited, and other books listed at this site: http://www.kirkusreviews.com/lists/pioneering-women-athletes-picture-books/?page=1&newest_first=no

    I'm sure you also saw possibilites linking this book to Baseball Saved Us because of the way both books reflect how sports can be inspiring, community-building endeavors.

    Check again how this book is classified by genre. I think its nonfiction!

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