A Strong Right Arm: The Story of Mamie 'Peanut' Johnson
by Michelle Y. Green and Mamie Johnson
Inspired by Jackie Robinson, Mamie Johnson is determined to be a professional baseball... read more
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- Grade
- 4-8
- Genre
- Biography
- Nonfiction
- Sports
- Cultural Area
- African American
- Women / Girls
Year Published 2002
Word Count 17,523
- Text Complexity
- Lexile Level: 860L
- ATOS Reading Level: 5.1
- AR Quiz Numbers
- 59373
- Curricular Area
- History
- Physical Education
- Social Studies
- Subject Headings
- Johnson, Mamie
- Women--Biography
- Women baseball players--United States--Biography--Juvenile literature
- Juvenile Nonfiction | Girls & Women
- African American baseball players
- Juvenile Nonfiction | Sports & Recreation | Baseball & Softball
- African American baseball players--Biography--Juvenile literature
- Johnson, Mamie--Juvenile literature
- African Americans
- Women baseball players
- Juvenile Nonfiction | Biography & Autobiography | Sports & Recreation
- Baseball players--United States--Biography--Juvenile literature
- United States
- Baseball
- Baseball players
- Juvenile Nonfiction | Biography & Autobiography | Cultural, Ethnic & Regional
- Women
- African Americans--Biography
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