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02528aam a22003975a 4500 001 4DDBC23A940511EE938C1F5A49ECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20231206010040 006 m o d 007 cr cn||||||||| 008 230714s2023 xxu es 000 1 eng d 020 $a 1493436295 020 $a 9781493436293 028 42 $a MWT15497442 040 $a Midwest $e rda $d SILO 082 04 $a 813/.6 100 1 $a Finkbeiner, Susie. 245 14 $a The All-American $h [electronic resource] / $c Susie Finkbeiner. 264 1 $a [United States] : $b Baker Publishing Group, $c 2023. 300 $a 1 online resource 506 $a Digital content provided by hoopla. 520 $a 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. 538 $a Mode of access: World Wide Web. 610 20 $a All-American Girls Professional Baseball League $v Fiction. 650 0 $a Women baseball players $v Fiction. 650 0 $a Families $v Fiction. 650 0 $a Small cities $z Michigan $v Fiction. 650 0 $a Anti-communist movements $v Fiction. 650 0 $a Electronic books. 651 0 $a United States $x History $y 1945-1953 $v Fiction. 710 2 $a hoopla digital. 856 40 $u https://www.hoopladigital.com/title/15497442?utm_source=MARC $z Instantly available on hoopla. 856 42 $z Cover image $u https://d2snwnmzyr8jue.cloudfront.net/bak_9781493436293_180.jpeg 941 $a 1 952 $l GFPE771 $d 20231206013157.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=4DDBC23A940511EE938C1F5A49ECA4DBInitiate Another SILO Locator Search