num_pages: 111
description: Motivated by her love for the game and inspired by the legendary Jackie Robinson, Mamie Johnson is determined to be a professional baseball pitcher.  But in a sport that's determined by white men, there is no place for a black woman.  Mamie doesn't give up-from the time she insists on trying out for the all-male, all-white Police Athletic League until she realizes her dream and becomes one of three women to play in the Negro Leagues.  Mamie Johnson's life shows that with courage and perseverance one can overcome even the greatest challenges.
language: English
title: A Strong Right Arm: The Story of Mamie "Peanut" Johnson
titlecomplete: A Strong Right Arm: The Story of Mamie "Peanut" Johnson
genres: Chapter Books, Middle Grade, Nonfiction, Baseball, Sports, Childrens, Memoir, African American, Juvenile, Biography
ratings_count: 503
awards: awardedAt: -62167190400000
name: Carter G. Woodson Award, awardedAt: 1072944000000
name: Vermont Golden Dome Book Award, awardedAt: 1136102400000
name: Rebecca Caudill Young Readers' Book Award
publisher: Puffin Books