Title A strong right arm : the story of Mamie "Peanut" Johnson / Michelle Y. Green ; introduction by Mamie Johnson.

Publication Info.	New York : Dial Books for Young Readers, [2002]
	©2002

Bookmark link: https://library.naperville-lib.org:444/record=b1128121~S1

Location	Call No.	Status
95th Street Juvenile Biography	J BIO JOHNSON	AVAILABLE

QR Code

Description	xiv, 111 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Note	Interest age level: 10 up.
	Interest grade level: 5 up.
	10-14.
	5-9.
	860 Lexile
	860L Lexile
	Accelerated Reader MG 5.1 3
	Reading Counts 3-5 5.3 6 T
	Accelerated Reader MG 5.1 3 59373
Audience	10-14.
	5-9.
	860 Lexile
	860L Lexile
Study Program	Accelerated Reader MG 5.1 3
	Reading Counts 3-5 5.3 6 T
	Accelerated Reader MG 5.1 3 59373
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references (page 107).
Summary	Tells the story of Mamie "Peanut" Johnson, a woman who had to overcome the obstacles of gender and race to pursue her dream of playing baseball, and who finally got her chance when she and other African-American women were invited to play in th e Negro Leagues after male players were allowed on major league teams.
Subject	Johnson, Mamie -- Juvenile literature.
	Baseball players -- United States -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
	African American baseball players -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
	Women baseball players -- United States -- Juvenile biography.
	Baseball players -- Juvenile literature.
	Women -- Juvenile biography.
	African Americans -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
Local Subject	REBECCA CAUDILL AWARD [2006 NOMINEE].
	BLUESTEM AWARD [2014 NOMINEE]
Genre	Biographies.
ISBN	0803726619

Patron reviews: add a review

You can...

Also...

More Information

Copies