A Strong Right Arm
Subtitle: The Story of Mamie "Peanut" Johnson (Carter G Woodson Honor Book (Awards))
Contributors: Kadir Nelson (Illustrator)
Publisher: Dial
Published: July 22, 2002
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 111
ISBN-13: 9780803726611
Subjects: Girls & Women; Juvenile literature; Children's Books/Ages 9-12 Biography; Biography; United States; Juvenile Nonfiction; Children: Grades 4-6; Johnson, Mamie; Biography & Autobiography - Cultural Heritage; Biography & Autobiography - Sports & Recreation; Sports & Recreation - Baseball; Juvenile Nonfiction / Biography & Autobiography / General; Baseball players; Women baseball players; African American baseball players
First sentence: Mama never mentioned it, but I'm sure I musta been born with a baseball in my hand, its smooth white skin curving into my tiny brown palm.