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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>When Alta Weiss throws a corncob at a tomcat chasing her favorite hen, folks know one thing for sure: She may be a girl, but she's got some arm. This is the exciting story of the pioneering female baseball player--a true American original. Full color.<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><b>Inspired by the life of pioneering female baseball player Alta Weiss, and dramatized by Terry Widener's bold illustrations, <i> Girl Wonder </i>tells the unforgettable story of a true American original.</b> <p/>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. <p/>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! But faster than you can say "strike out," Alta proves him wrong: Girls <i>can</i> play baseball!<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br>Deborah Hopkinson is the author of numerous award-winning children's books, including <i>Sweet Clara and the Freedom Quilt</i>, winner of the International Literacy Association Award; <i>Girl Wonder</i>, winner of the Great Lakes Book Award; and <i>Apples to Oregon</i>, a Junior Library Guild Selection. She received the 2003 Washington State Book Award for <i>Under the Quilt of Night.</i> She lives in Oregon. Visit her online at DeborahHopkinson.com. <p/>Terry Widener is an award-winning illustrator whose picture books include <i>Lou Gehrig: The Luckiest Man</i> by David A. Adler, a Boston Globe-Horn Book Honor Book and an ALA Notable Book, and <i>America's Champion Swimmer: Gertrude Ederle</i>, also by David A. Adler, a Junior Library Guild Selection. He is also the illustrator of <i>Peg and the Whale</i> by Kenneth Oppel and <i>If the Shoe Fit</i> by Gary Soto. Mr. Widener lives with his wife and three children in McKinney, Texas.

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