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The All-American
The All-American | Susie Finkbeiner
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Two sisters discover how much good there is in the world--even in the hardest of circumstances It is 1952, and nearly all the girls 16-year-old Bertha Harding knows dream of getting married, keeping house, and raising children in the suburbs of Detroit, Michigan. Bertha dreams of baseball. She reads every story in the sports section, she plays ball with the neighborhood boys--she even writes letters to the pitcher for the Workington Sweet Peas, part of the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League. When Bertha's father is accused of being part of the Communist Party by the House Un-American Activities Committee, life comes crashing down on them. Disgraced and shunned, the Hardings move to a small town to start over where the only one who knows them is shy Uncle Matthew. But dreams are hard to kill, and when Bertha gets a chance to try out for the Workington Sweet Peas, she packs her bags for an adventure she'll never forget. Join award-winning author Susie Finkbeiner for a summer of chasing down your dreams and discovering the place you truly belong.
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Amiable
Amiable
The All-American | Susie Finkbeiner
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Panpan

I should have looked at the tags before I picked this up, because “Christian fiction” is so totally not my jam. So that‘s on me. But I still thought this suffered from unrealistic dialogue (the 11-year-old girl talks like she‘s 40) and the writing style was so simplistic and juvenile I actually stopped to check whether it was also tagged as YA. Not for me. 😖 I‘m happy to send to someone who thinks it may be for them, though —let me know!

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TheHeartlandBookFairy
TheHeartlandBookFairy
The All-American | Susie Finkbeiner
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Book 5 for #14Books14Weeks . The All American by Susie Finkbeiner is fantastic feel good historical fiction. The setting is Detroit, Michigan, the year, 1952. A Best Selling "All American" author/father, a teenage girl/daughter with dreams of playing the All American sport, Baseball. Susie paints beautiful word pictures with fantastic descriptions and uses verbiage authentic to the decade. With fabulous family dynamics (cont in comments)...

TheHeartlandBookFairy and friend relationships mixed in with the political tension of the era. Susie knocks it out of the park with this book, but it's not without a few balls to keep it interesting! Truly, a home run book⚾️ 📕❤️ 10mo
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Aims42
Aims42
The All-American | Susie Finkbeiner
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Themes: Family, House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC), A League of Their Own

This was very well written and checked all the boxes of things that I find interesting: the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League (AAGPBL), the House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC), and it was all centered around a family from Detroit (always a fan of midwestern settings 😊). This was a perfect summer read 😎 Five stars & I‘d love a sequel!

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Aims42
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The All-American | Susie Finkbeiner
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Nothing makes the first day back to work after a lonnnnnnggggg holiday weekend better than getting #bookmail AND free stickers 😍 I cannot wait to dive into this amazing sounding story! ⚾️🌭🇺🇸

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