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The kid from Diamond Street

by Audrey Vernick

Baseball playersJuvenile literatureWomen baseball playersWomen, united states, biographyJUVENILE NONFICTION / Girls & WomenJUVENILE NONFICTION / History / United States / 20th CenturyJUVENILE NONFICTION / Biography & Autobiography / WomenJUVENILE NONFICTION / Sports & Recreation / Baseball & Softball

Audrey Vernick and Steven Salerno have again collaborated to bring us a captivating picture book about a compelling but little-known piece of baseball history. Beginning in 1922, when Edith Houghton was only ten years old, she tried out for a women s professional baseball team, the Philadelphia Bobbies.

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For young readers

Book data: Open Library