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In 1957, inspired by what she is learning about civil rights and armed with knowledge of female ball players, ten-year-old Katy Gordon fights to be allowed to play Little League baseball.

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Main Author:	Klages, Ellen, 1954- (Author)
Format:	Books Print Book
Language:	English
Published:	New York : Viking, 2018.
Subjects:	Baseball stories > Juvenile. Sex role > Juvenile fiction. Little League baseball > Juvenile fiction. Women's rights > Juvenile fiction. Single-parent families > Juvenile fiction. San Francisco (Calif.) > History > 20th century > Juvenile fiction. Baseball > Juvenile fiction. Sports fiction > Juvenile.
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Summary:	In 1957, inspired by what she is learning about civil rights and armed with knowledge of female ball players, ten-year-old Katy Gordon fights to be allowed to play Little League baseball.
Item Description:	Short bios of the author's favorite players after the story.
Physical Description:	276 pages, 36 unnumbered pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Bibliography:	Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN:	9780425288597 0425288595 9780425288603
Author Notes:	ELLEN KLAGES is the author of two acclaimed historical novels: The Green Glass Sea , which won the Scott O'Dell Award and the New Mexico Book Award; and White Sands, Red Menace , which won the California and New Mexico Book awards. Her story "Basement Magic" won a Nebula Award, and "Wakulla Springs," co-authored with Andy Duncan, was nominated for the Nebula, Hugo, and Locus awards, and won the World Fantasy Award for Best Novella. She is a graduate of Second City's Improv program, and has a degree in Philosophy from the University of Michigan, leading to many odd jobs that began with the letter P (proofreader, photographer, painter, pinball arcade manager). She lives in San Francisco, in a small house full of strange and wondrous things.