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McCully, Emily Arnold

Queen of the Diamond: The Lizzie Murphy Story

32 pp. | Farrar/Ferguson | February, 2015 | Trade ISBN 978-0-374-30007-4 $17.99

(2) K-3 In the early twentieth century, Lizzie Murphy parlays her love for baseball into a successful career. At eighteen, she seizes an opportunity to play professional ball, where she draws crowds more because of her gender than considerable skill. She's denied a salary until she fights for equal pay. Impressionistic ink and watercolor illustrations subtly depict Lizzie as being slightly different from the crowd. Bib.

Reviewer: Betty Carter | Horn Book Magazine Issue: January, 2015