Baseball's Leading Lady: Effa Manley and the Rise and Fall of the Negro Leagues
by Andrea Williams
Discover the Riveting True Story of Effa Manley, the First Woman Inducted into... read more
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- Grade
- 5-8
- Genre
- Biography
- Nonfiction
- Sports
- Cultural Experience
- African American
- Women / Girls
Year Published 2021
Word Count 51,433
- Text Complexity
- Lexile Level: 1300L
- ATOS Reading Level: 8.8
- AR Quiz Numbers
- Quiz 512222, 10 AR Points
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- Curricular Area
- History
- Physical Education
- Social Studies
- Subject Headings
- African American women--Biography--Juvenile literature
- Baseball team owners--United States--Biography--Juvenile literature
- Baseball--United States--History--Juvenile literature
- Manley, Effa, 1897-1981--Juvenile literature
- Negro leagues--History--Juvenile literature
- Newark Eagles (Baseball team)--Juvenile literature
- Women baseball team owners--United States--Biography--Juvenile literature
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- Multicultural Biography
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