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Mackall, Dandi Daley

A Girl Named Dan

32 pp. | Sleeping Bear | May, 2008 | Trade ISBN 978-1-58536-351-3 $16.95
(4) K-3 Illustrated by Renée Graef. This book allows Mackall to vent about an injustice from childhood. In 1961, though she won a writing contest, she wasn't allowed to serve as batboy for the Kansas City A's once they realized she was a girl. The illustrations aptly capture place and time, but stiffly postured figures are ill-suited to depict athleticism. Nevertheless, the story will resonate with contemporary tomboys.
Reviewer: Miriam Lang Budin

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