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Basketball Belles
How Two Teams and One Scrappy Player Put Women's Hoops on the Map
By MACY, Sue
- ISBN
- 978-0-82342-163-3
- Publisher
- Holiday House
REVIEWS
School Library Journal
Reviewed on April 1, 2011 | Preschool to Grade 4
Gr 2–5—In 1896, female athletes faced two foes: their on-court rivals, and the rigid code of ladylike behavior. In this engaging picture book, Macy recounts the first basketball game played between two women's college teams through the eyes of a participant, Stanford's Agnes Morley. High-spirited Agnes grew up on a New Mexico cattle ranch, where "getting dirty came with the territory." Since it was considered ...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
Horn Book Guide
Reviewed on January 1, 2011
Macy recounts the first women's intercollegiate basketball game, played in 1896, through the eyes (and invented dialogue) of Stanford ...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
