A Strong Right Arm: The Story of Mamie "Peanut" Johnson - Paperback
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Availability:In StockContributor:Michelle Y. Green, Kadir Nelson (Illustrator)Audience:Ages 9-12Publish date:2004-03-08Pages:128
Language:EnglishPublisher:Puffin BooksISBN-13:9780142400722ISBN-10:142400726UPC:9780142400722Book Category:Juvenile NonfictionBook Subcategory:Biography & Autobiography, Sports & RecreationBook Topic:Sports & Recreation, Cultural, Ethnic & Regional, Baseball & SoftballSize:7.76 x 5.06 x 0.36 inchesWeight:0.2293Product ID:SCT95PYRVA
A Strong Right Arm: The Story of Mamie "Peanut" Johnson
Motivated by her love for the game and inspired by the legendary Jackie Robinson, Mamie Johnson is determined to be a professional baseball pitcher. But in a sport that's determined by white men, there is no place for a black woman. Mamie doesn't give up-from the time she insists on trying out for the all-male, all-white Police Athletic League until she realizes her dream and becomes one of three...
Audience: Ages 9-12
Language:EnglishPublisher:Puffin BooksISBN-13:9780142400722ISBN-10:142400726UPC:9780142400722Book Category:Juvenile NonfictionBook Subcategory:Biography & Autobiography, Sports & RecreationBook Topic:Sports & Recreation, Cultural, Ethnic & Regional, Baseball & SoftballSize:7.76 x 5.06 x 0.36 inchesWeight:0.2293Product ID:SCT95PYRVA
Michelle Y. Green is a graduate of the University of Maryland College of Journalism and the Johns Hopkins University Masters Program in Writing. She teaches "The Art of Writing for Children," and two other courses at The George Washington University School of Continuing Education.
Ms. Green is the author of A Strong Right Arm: The Story of Mamie Peanut Johnson, the true story of the first woman to...
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