Name: Miss Mary Reporting: The True Story of Sportswriter Mary Garber, Hardcover/Sue Macy
Brand: Simon & Schuster/Paula Wiseman Books
Price: 143.99 RON
Availability: InStock

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"Macy introduces Garber as a person who followed her passion for sports despite her mother's disapproval and did her job with purpose, integrity, and dignity. The narrative is swiftly paced, smoothly written, and filled with interesting details and quotes...A lively, memorable biography for younger readers." -- Booklist (starred review) "It's an entertaining and accessible portrait of a generous-minded writer and a reminder of the value of telling people's stories, whether pro player or soapbox racer." -- Publishers Weekly (starred review) "A heartfelt, informative, and thoroughly engaging picture book biography about groundbreaking sports reporter Mary Garber." -- School Library Journal (starred review) From beloved author Sue Macy comes an illustrated biography of Mary Garber, one of the first female sports journalists in American history While sitting in the bleachers of a Soap Box Derby in the 1950s, Mary Garber overheard two African-American boys in the following exchange: "See that lady down there?" asked one boy. "That's Mary Garber. She doesn't care who you are, but if you do something good, she'll write about you." Mary Garber was a pioneering sports journalist in a time where women were rarely a part of the newspaper business. Women weren't even allowed to sit in the press boxes at sporting events, so Mary was forced to sit with the coaches' wives. But that didn't stop her. In a time when African-American sports were not routinely covered, Mary went to the games and