Some Kind of Pride

By Testa, Maria

Publishers Summary:
Named after the greatest baseball player of all time, eleven-year-old Ruth dreams of becoming a major league baseball player until she overhears her father lamenting the fact that she is a girl.

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ISBN
978-0-38532-782-4
Publisher
New York : Delacorte Press, 2001.


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School Library Journal

Reviewed on April 1, 2002

Gr 4-6 Named after the legendary Babe Ruth, 11-year-old Ruth DiMarco is living up to her name. She wows the Sports Illustrated writer who has come to Maine to do a story on her prowess at shortstop and with a bat, as she has impressed the local townsfolk for years. Just as the story opens, however, she overhears her sportswriter dad comment that all of her talent is wasted on a girl. Ruth must deal with the ...Log In or Sign Up to Read More

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