The AllAmerican A Novel by Susie Finkbeiner PAPERBACK 9780800739362

Baker Publishing Group

The AllAmerican A NovelAuthor(s): Susie Finkbeiner\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Baker Publishing Group, United States\nImprint: Revell, a division of Baker Publishing Group\nISBN-13: 9780800739362, 978-0800739362\nSynopsis\nA 2024 Michigan Notable Book \""A moving novel, fit for inspiring any reader to dream big and believe that anything is possible.\""--BookPage *** Two sisters discover how much good there is in the world--even in the hardest of circumstances It is 1952, and nearly all the girls 16-year-old Bertha Harding knows dream of getting married, keeping house, and raising children in the suburbs of Detroit, Michigan. Bertha dreams of baseball. She reads every story in the sports section, she plays ball with the neighborhood boys--she even writes letters to the pitcher for the Workington Sweet Peas, part of the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League. When Bertha's father is accused of being part of the Communist Party by the House Un-American Activities Committs