The Girl Who Struck Out Babe Ruth is the true story of Jackie Mitchell, the seventeen-year-old pitcher who faced the New York Yankees on April 2, 1931.

For more information about Jackie Mitchell, click here.

To learn about how and why I wrote this book, click here.

The Girl Who Struck Out Babe Ruth.
By Jean L. S. Patrick. Illustrated by Jeni Reeves. Carolrhoda Books, 2000.
48 pp.  Purchase information.

ISBN 1-57505-397-7 (hardcover)
ISBN 1-57505-455-8 (paperback)

 

Awards
American Booksellers Association - Kids' Pick of the Lists
Storytelling World Award:  Stories for Adolescent Listeners
Bank Street College - "Best Children's Books of the Year"
South Dakota Reading Council:  Laura Ingalls Wilder Award

Presentations
When I speak at schools and conferences, I wear a replica of Jackie Mitchell's uniform
and dramatize the true story of Jackie Mitchell.  For details, click Speaking and School Visits.