Baseball Books as Mentor Texts: MIGHTY JACKIE by Marissa Moss
Mighty Jackie: The Strikeout Queen
By Marissa Moss
Illustrated by C.F. Payne
Paula Wiseman/Simon & Schuster, 2004
Jackie had been pitching her whole life, even getting coaching and encouragement from a former Brooklyn Dodger pitcher. But girls couldn’t play major league baseball. Her team played an exhibition game against the New York Yankees, and Jackie got to pitch. When she faced Babe Ruth, he wanted to show her up. But she ended up striking him and Lou Gehrig out.
Writing Skills:
* Onomatopoeia
* Using quotations in a nonfiction text
* Sensory words
