Edith Houghton was said to have been born with a baseball in her hand. If she wasn’t playing baseball, she was watching baseball. In the 1920s at the age of 10, she tried out for the new all-female team, the Philadelphia Bobbies. Even though she was only 10, she made the team and even became the starting shortstop. At thirteen, she had the opportunity to travel to Japan with the Bobbies to play against men’s teams.

This wonderfully told story depicts a lesser known piece of baseball history. The illustrations compliment the text. The end of the story includes a note from the author with pictures of Edith Houghton and more information about women in baseball.