Genres
Publication
Dial Books (2002), 128 pages
Description
Biography of Mamie "Peanut" Johnson, one of only three women (so far) to play professional baseball. Johnson was a pitcher with the Negro Leagues' Indianapolis Clowns from 1953 to 1955. For grades 6-9.
Subjects
Awards
Texas Bluebonnet Award (Nominee — 2005)
Young Hoosier Book Award (Nominee — Intermediate — 2006)
Massachusetts Children's Book Award (Nominee — 2005)
Rebecca Caudill Young Readers' Book Award (Nominee — 2006)
Great Stone Face Book Award (Nominee — 2005)
Kentucky Bluegrass Award (Nominee — Grades 3-5 — 2004)
Vermont Golden Dome Book Award (Nominee)
Bluestem Award (Nominee — 2014)
Carter G. Woodson Book Award (Honor Book — 2003)
Virginia Readers' Choice (Nominee — Elementary — 2005)
Rise: A Feminist Book Project for Ages 0-18 (Selection — 2003)
Language
Original language
English
Pages
128
Physical description
128 p.; 8.5 inches
ISBN
0803726619 / 9780803726611
DDC/MDS
| 796.357 |