Girl Wonder: A Baseball Story in Nine Innings - Hardcover

Hopkinson, Deborah

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0689833008 ISBN 13: 9780689833007

Publisher: Atheneum, 2003

Synopsis

Did you ever hear

the story

of the

Girl Wonder?

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!

Faster than you can say "strike out!," Alta's convinced him to give her a chance. And so with the crowd buzzing and the big game up to her, Alta steps up to the pitcher's mound, determined to prove everybody wrong.

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.

About this title

About the Author:

Deborah Hopkinson is an award-winning author whose books include Under the Quilt of Night, the Prairie Skies series, Fannie in the Kitchen, and A Band of Angels, winner of the Golden Kite Award. Deborah grew up a Boston Red Sox fan. When her children were young, she spent many hours on the sidelines of ball fields. This story was inspired by her daughter, Rebekah, a former all-star softball pitcher.

Ms. Hopkinson lives in Walla Walla, Washington. Visit her on the World Wide Web at www.deborahhopkinson.com.

About this edition

• Publisher: Atheneum
• Publication date: 2003
• ISBN 10: 0689833008
• ISBN 13: 9780689833007
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Illustrator: Widener Terry