Catching the Moon: The Story of a Young Girl's Baseball Dream by Crystal Hubbard

Interest Level: K-3
Genre: Historical Fiction

Reading Level: 4.3

A biography of African-American baseball player Marcenia Lyle, whose love of baseball as a child allowed her to break the gender barrier by becoming the first female member of the professional Negro Leagues.

I happened on to this book; and although I knew it was too young to buy for the middle school library, I had to pick it up and read it. I love baseball and I loved this book. Growing up with all brothers, all boy cousins and in an all boy neighborhood, I was routing for Marcenia. If you happen to see this book in a library or a bookstore, READ it. Or buy it for a young person that you know that loves baseball.