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The Boonsville Bombers

by Alison Cragin Herzig · 1991

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Emma Lee Benson has a dream—to play on her older brother's baseball team, the Boonsville Bombers. She's been working every day on her throwing and hitting and knows that she's better than some of the boys. But the Bombers don't want a girl on their team. Will Emma ever have the chance to prove how good she is?

Genre
adventureadventureMore like thisLess of this
Themes
gendergenderMore like thisLess of thissiblingssiblingsMore like thisLess of thissportssportsMore like thisLess of this
Setting
1990s1990sMore like thisLess of this
Audience
childrens
Length
short · 91 pages

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