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Meet Julie an American girl

In 1974, after Julie's parents divorce, she moves to a new San Francisco neighborhood where the school does not have a girls' basketball team, so she fights for the right to play on the boys' team.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	McDonald, Megan
Other Authors:	Hunt, Robert, 1952- (Illustrator), McAliley, Susan (Illustrator), Sebok, George (Illustrator)
Format:	Books Print Book
Language:	English
Published:	Middleton, WI : American Girl Pub., c2007.
Series:	American Girl collection.
Subjects:	Women's rights > Juvenile fiction. Basketball > Juvenile fiction. Divorce > Juvenile fiction. San Francisco (Calif.) > History > 20th century > Juvenile fiction.
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Summary:	In 1974, after Julie's parents divorce, she moves to a new San Francisco neighborhood where the school does not have a girls' basketball team, so she fights for the right to play on the boys' team.
Physical Description:	92 p. : ill. (chiefly col.) ; 23 cm.
Audience:	Ages 8 and up.
ISBN:	1593692579 9781593692575 1593692870 (hardcover : alk. paper) 9781593692872 (hardcover : alk. paper) 9781417828135 1417828137
Author Notes:	Megan McDonald was born February 28, 1959, in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. She grew up in the 1960s the youngest of five girls - which later became the inspiration of the Sister's Club. She attended Oberlin College and received a B.A. in English, then she went on to receive a Library Science degree at Pittsburgh University in 1986. Before becoming a full-time writer, McDonald had a variety of jobs working in libraries, bookstores, museums, and even as a park ranger.She was children's librarian, working at Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh, Minneapolis Public Library and Adams Memorial Library in Latrobe, Pennsylvania. She has received various awards for her storytelling including a Judy Blume Contemporary Fiction Award, a Children's Choice Book award, and a Keystone State Award among others. McDonald has also written many picture books for younger children and continues to write. Her most recent work was the "Julie Albright" series of books for the American public. She currently resides in Sebastopol, California with her husband and pets. (Bowker Author Biography)