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The Girl Who Changed Little League: The True Story of Maria Pepe and Her Battle to Play Ball. by Maria Pepe with Jean L. S. Patrick

Sparrow Loves Reptiles by Murry Burgess and Tamisha Anthony

November 25, 2025 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

Girls are bad-a$$ in ways they might not know. And Maria Pepe did not really know it, she just knew she wanted to play Little League. But the powers that be said girls can’t play. Yet, Maria was not going to let herself be stopped. And Pepe with Jean L. S. Patrick showed how this could be done in The Girl Who Changed Little League: The True Story of Maria Pepe and Her Battle to Play Ball. The story is simple: Girl loves baseball. Girl […]

Filed Under: Children's Books, Comedy/Humor, Fiction, Health, History, Non-Fiction, Poetry, Sports Tagged With: amphibians, Baseball, curiosity, Jean L. S. Patrick, little league, Maria Pepe, Maria Pepe with Jean L. S. Patrick, Murry Burgess, Murry Burgess and Tamisha Anthony, nature, reptiles, Sarah Green, science, Social Themes, Tamisha Anthony

BlackRaven's CBR17 Review No:530 · Genres: Children's Books, Comedy/Humor, Fiction, Health, History, Non-Fiction, Poetry, Sports · Tags: amphibians, Baseball, curiosity, Jean L. S. Patrick, little league, Maria Pepe, Maria Pepe with Jean L. S. Patrick, Murry Burgess, Murry Burgess and Tamisha Anthony, nature, reptiles, Sarah Green, science, Social Themes, Tamisha Anthony ·
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