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My Grandma, major league slugger

by Dan Greenburg · 2001

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When magic enables Zack's eighty-eight-year-old grandmother to become a terrific batter, she ends up playing in a Chicago White Sox baseball game.

Genre
humorhumorMore like thisLess of this
Themes
grandparentsgrandparentsMore like thisLess of thisJewishJewishMore like thisLess of thissportssportsMore like thisLess of this
Setting
2000s2000sMore like thisLess of thisChicagoChicagoMore like thisLess of thisUSAUSAMore like thisLess of this
Audience
childrens
Length
short · 59 pages

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