Out of left field

Resource Information

The work Out of left field represents a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Portland Public Library. This resource is a combination of several types including: Work, Language Material, Books.

Label

Out of left field

Statement of responsibility

by Ellen Klages

Creator

• Klages, Ellen, 1954-

Author

• Klages, Ellen, 1954-

Subject

• All-American Girls Professional Baseball League -- Fiction
• All-American Girls Professional Baseball League -- Juvenile fiction
• Baseball -- Fiction
• Baseball stories
• Baseball stories
• Baseball stories
• Baseball stories
• California -- San Francisco
• Children's stories
• Familles monoparentales -- Romans, nouvelles, etc. pour la jeunesse
• Femmes -- Droits -- Romans, nouvelles, etc. pour la jeunesse
• Fiction
• Gender role -- Fiction
• Gender role -- Juvenile fiction
• History
• JUVENILE FICTION -- Girls & Women
• JUVENILE FICTION -- Historical -- United States -- 20th Century
• JUVENILE FICTION -- Sports & Recreation | Baseball & Softball
• Junior
• Juvenile works
• Little League baseball
• Little League baseball -- Fiction
• Little League baseball -- Fiction
• Little League baseball -- Juvenile fiction
• Little League baseball -- Juvenile fiction
• Récits de base-ball
• Rôle selon le sexe -- Romans, nouvelles, etc. pour la jeunesse
• San Francisco (Calif.) -- History -- 20th century -- Fiction
• San Francisco (Calif.) -- History -- 20th century -- Juvenile fiction
• Sex role
• Sex role -- Fiction
• Sex role -- Juvenile fiction
• Single-parent families
• Single-parent families -- Fiction
• Single-parent families -- Fiction
• Single-parent families -- Juvenile fiction
• Single-parent families -- Juvenile fiction
• Sports fiction
• Sports fiction
• Sports fiction
• Women's rights
• 1900-1999
• Women's rights -- Fiction
• Women's rights -- Juvenile fiction
• Women's rights -- Juvenile fiction
• Women's rights -- Fiction
• All-American Girls Professional Baseball League

Genre

• Fiction
• History
• Junior
• Juvenile fiction
• Juvenile works
• Romans, nouvelles, etc. pour la jeunesse
• Sports fiction
• Children's stories
• Baseball stories

Language

eng

Summary

In 1957, inspired by what she is learning about civil rights and armed with knowledge of female ball players, ten-year-old Katy Gordon fights to be allowed to play Little League baseball. Includes brief, illustrated biographies of female baseball players, historical note, glossary, and recommended reading

Awards note

A Junior Library Guild selection (JLG.)

Biography type

contains biographical information

Cataloging source

DLC

Index

no index present

Interest level

MG

Literary form

fiction

Nature of contents

bibliography

Reading level

• 640L.
• 4.4

Study program name

• Lexile
• Accelerated Reader AR

Target audience

pre adolescent