Diamond Ruby (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781439160053)

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. She's 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 baseball's 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).

Author: Joseph Wallace
ISBN-10: 1439160058
ISBN-13: 9781439160053
Publisher: Atria Books
Language: English
Published: 05/04/2010
Pages: 480
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.83lbs
Size: 7.94h x 5.58w x 1.04d

Review Citation(s):
Publishers Weekly 03/08/2010 pg. 36
Library Journal 04/01/2010 pg. 71