| Diamond Ruby Contributor(s): Wallace, Joseph (Author) |
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ISBN: 1439160058 ISBN-13: 9781439160053 Publisher: Atria Books OUR PRICE: $26.09 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: May 2010 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Biographical - Fiction | Historical - General - Fiction | Sports |
| Dewey: FIC |
| LCCN: 2009021565 |
| Physical Information: 1.04" H x 5.58" W x 7.94" (0.83 lbs) 480 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Seventeen-year-old Ruby Thomas, newly responsible for her two young nieces after a devastating tragedy, is determined to keep her family safe in the vast, swirling world of 1920s New York City. She's got street smarts, boundless determination, and one unusual skill: the ability to throw a ball as hard as the greatest pitchers in a baseball-mad city. From Coney Island sideshows to the brand-new Yankee Stadium, Diamond Ruby chronicles the extraordinary life and times of a girl who rises from utter poverty to the kind of renown only the Roaring Twenties can bestow. But her fame comes with a price, and Ruby must escape a deadly web of conspiracy and threats from Prohibition rumrunners, the Ku Klux Klan, and the gangster underworld. Diamond Ruby "is the exciting tale of a forgotten piece of baseball's heritage, a girl who could throw with the best of them. A real page-turner, based closely on a true story" (Kevin Baker, author of Strivers Row). |