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100 1 _aJohnson, Angela
_d1961-
245 1 0 _aJust like Josh Gibson /
_cwritten by Angela Johnson, illustrated by Beth Peck
260 _aNew York :
_bScholastic,
_c2004
300 _a30 unnumbered pages :
_bColor illustrations ;
_c28 cm
505 _aS
520 _a Grandmama could hit the ball a mile, catch anything that was thrown, and do everything else -- just like Josh Gibson. But unfortunately, no matter how well a girl growing up in the 1940s played the game of baseball, she would have faced tremendous challenges. These challenges are not unlike those met by the legendary Josh Gibson, arguably the best Negro-League player to never make it into the majors. In a poignant
521 _a790
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650 1 _aSex role
_vFiction.
650 1 _aBaseball
_vFiction.
650 1 _aGrandmothers
_vFiction.
650 1 _aAfrican Americans
_vFiction.
700 1 _aPeck, Beth
_eillustrator
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