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Age Range
4 - 8
Genre
biography
Copyright Year
2010-01-01
Page Count
32
Publisher
Balzer + Bray
Grade Level
Pre-K - 3rd
ISBN
9780061349201
Lexile
AD840L

She Loved Baseball: The Effa Manley Story

Written by Audrey Vernick and Illustrated by Don Tate
Effa always loved baseball. As a young woman, she would go to Yankee Stadium just to see Babe Ruth’s mighty swing. But she never dreamed she would someday own a baseball team. Or be the first—and only—woman ever inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame.

From her childhood in Philadelphia to her groundbreaking role as business manager and owner of the Newark Eagles, Effa Manley always fought for what was right. And she always swung for the fences.

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Age Range
4 - 8
Genre
biography
Copyright Year
2010-01-01
Page Count
32
Publisher
Balzer + Bray
Grade Level
Pre-K - 3rd
ISBN
9780061349201
Lexile
AD840L
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