02768cam a2200505 i 4500 2534146607 TxAuBib 20190828120000.0 r 250812s2023||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 9781493436293 electronic bk. 1493436295 electronic bk. MWT15497442 Midwest rda TxAuBib rda Finkbeiner, Susie, author. The All-American [Hoopla] / Susie Finkbeiner. [United States : Baker Publishing Group, 2023. Made available through hoopla. 1 online resource (368 pages.) txt rdacontent c rdamedia cr rdacarrier Instant title available through hoopla. Two sisters discover how much good there is in the world--even in the hardest of circumstances It is 1952, and nearly all the girls 16-year-old Bertha Harding knows dream of getting married, keeping house, and raising children in the suburbs of Detroit, Michigan. Bertha dreams of baseball. She reads every story in the sports section, she plays ball with the neighborhood boys--she even writes letters to the pitcher for the Workington Sweet Peas, part of the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League. When Bertha's father is accused of being part of the Communist Party by the House Un-American Activities Committee, life comes crashing down on them. Disgraced and shunned, the Hardings move to a small town to start over where the only one who knows them is shy Uncle Matthew. But dreams are hard to kill, and when Bertha gets a chance to try out for the Workington Sweet Peas, she packs her bags for an adventure she'll never forget. Join award-winning author Susie Finkbeiner for a summer of chasing down your dreams and discovering the place you truly belong. Mode of access: World Wide Web. Hoopla eBook. All-American Girls Professional Baseball League Fiction. Anti-communist movements Fiction. Families Fiction. Small cities Fiction. Women baseball players Fiction. Christianity Fiction. History Fiction. Rural development Fiction. Women Fiction. United States History Fiction. Electronic books Fiction. Electronic books. Fiction. lcgft Christian fiction. Historical fiction. hoopla digital. https://www.hoopladigital.com/title/15497442?utm_source=MARC&Lid=hhh711 https://d2snwnmzyr8jue.cloudfront.net/bak_9781493436293_180.jpeg Cover image RV8