Out of Left Field
by Ellen Klages
A story about the fight for equal rights in America's favorite arena: the baseball... read more
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- Grade
- 1-8
- Genre
- Sports
- Cultural Experience
- Women / Girls
Year Published 2018
Word Count 61,103
- Text Complexity
- Lexile Level: 640L
- ATOS Reading Level: 4.4
- AR Quiz Numbers
- Quiz 194714, 9.0 AR Points
- Curricular Area
- History
- Physical Education
- Subject Headings
- Fiction
- 20th century
- All-American Girls Professional Baseball League--Fiction
- Women's rights
- JUVENILE FICTION / Historical / United States / 20th Century
- Juvenile Fiction | Sports & Recreation | Baseball
- All-American Girls Professional Baseball Leag
- Children's Books/Ages 9-12 Fiction
- Baseball
- Sex role
- Baseball--Fiction
- JUVENILE FICTION / Sports & Recreation / Base
- Single-parent families
- Juvenile Fiction | Girls & Women
- Single-parent families--Fiction
- Women's rights--Fiction
- Sex role--Fiction
- History
- San Francisco (Calif.)
- JUVENILE FICTION / Sports & Recreation / Baseball & Softball
- Little League baseball--Fiction
- JUVENILE FICTION / Historical / United States
- JUVENILE FICTION / Girls & Women
- San Francisco (Calif.)--History--20th century--Fiction
- Juvenile Fiction | Historical | United States - 20th Century
- Little League baseball
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Awards & Distinctions 2
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Selection, 2019
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Sports Selection, 2018
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