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Diamond Ruby

by Joseph Wallace

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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. Shes 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 baseballs 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).

Review:

"Based on the true story of a lady pitcher who struck out Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig in exhibition play, this debut novel from nonfiction author Wallace (Grand Old Game) is a diverting sports tale. In 1923, 18-year-old New Yorker Ruby Lee Thomas is forced to raise her two small nieces, Amanda and Allie, after the 1918 Spanish influenza devastates her family. Blessed (or cursed) with elongated arms that make for blazing fastballs, the southpaw is hired by the Fantasyland Circus Sideshow as 'Diamond Ruby.' The Jewish pitcher draws the violent attention of the Klan, but also the admiration of Babe Ruth (a pitcher early in his career), who teaches her a few new throws, and boxing champion Jack Dempsey. The Brooklyn Typhoons eventually sign Ruby to pitch, where her amazing feats stir trouble with a charismatic gangster angling to fix her games; subsequent clashes and close calls with Prohibition-era hoodlums generate as much drama as her distinctive baseball prowess. Sharply sketched, convincing historical characters like Ruth and Dempsey add to the considerable appeal of Wallace's gritty but fun period baseball tale." Publishers Weekly (Copyright Reed Business Information, Inc.)

Synopsis:

"A Tree Grows in Brooklyn" meets "Ragtime," in this novel set in the Roaring 20's about a 17-year-old girl who can out-pitch any major league baseball player.

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Product Details

ISBN:

9781439160053

Author:

Wallace, Joseph

Publisher:

Touchstone Books

Author:

Wallace, Joseph E.

Subject:

Sex role

Subject:

Baseball

Subject:

General

Subject:

General Fiction

Subject:

Literature-A to Z

Subject:

Thrillers

Copyright:

2010

Edition Description:

MM Picture Book

Publication Date:

20100531

Binding:

TRADE PAPER

Grade Level:

from 12

Language:

English

Pages:

480

Dimensions:

8 x 5.25 in 13.51 oz

Age Level:

from 18

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Product details 480 pages Touchstone Books - 2010-04-28 English 9781439160053 Reviews:

"Publishers Weekly Review" by Publishers Weekly, "Based on the true story of a lady pitcher who struck out Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig in exhibition play, this debut novel from nonfiction author Wallace (Grand Old Game) is a diverting sports tale. In 1923, 18-year-old New Yorker Ruby Lee Thomas is forced to raise her two small nieces, Amanda and Allie, after the 1918 Spanish influenza devastates her family. Blessed (or cursed) with elongated arms that make for blazing fastballs, the southpaw is hired by the Fantasyland Circus Sideshow as 'Diamond Ruby.' The Jewish pitcher draws the violent attention of the Klan, but also the admiration of Babe Ruth (a pitcher early in his career), who teaches her a few new throws, and boxing champion Jack Dempsey. The Brooklyn Typhoons eventually sign Ruby to pitch, where her amazing feats stir trouble with a charismatic gangster angling to fix her games; subsequent clashes and close calls with Prohibition-era hoodlums generate as much drama as her distinctive baseball prowess. Sharply sketched, convincing historical characters like Ruth and Dempsey add to the considerable appeal of Wallace's gritty but fun period baseball tale." Publishers Weekly (Copyright Reed Business Information, Inc.)

"Synopsis" by Ingram, "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn" meets "Ragtime," in this novel set in the Roaring 20's about a 17-year-old girl who can out-pitch any major league baseball player.