The Belles of Baseball: The All-American Girls Professional Baseball League

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The Belles of Baseball discusses how in the 1940s and 1950s, women broke traditional gender barriers by playing professional baseball, boosting morale during World War II and paving the way for future generations of female athletes. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards. Essential Library is an imprint of Abdo Publishing, a division of ABDO.

Interest Level Grade 6 - Grade 12
Reading Level Grade 8
BISACS JNF054010, JNF023000, JNF025210, JNF051010, JNF012040
Genre Nonfiction
Subject History
Copyright 2017
Division Abdo Publishing
Imprint Essential Library
Language English
Number of Pages 112
Season 2017-01-01
ISBN 9781680783865, 9781680797398
Title Format Reinforced Library Bound Hardcovers, Anywhere eBooks
Dewey 796.357
Graphics 2-color photographs
Dimensions 6.25 x 9.25
Lexile 1110
Guided Reading Level X
ATOS Reading Level 7.6
ATOS Interest Level MG+
Accelerated Reader® Quiz 187983
Accelerated Reader® Points 3.0
Features Glossary of key words, Informative sidebars, Reviewed, Table of contents, and Timeline of key events
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