The All-American by Susie Finkbeiner

 


Sad and hopeful all at once, this book delivers a bit of a punch. Let's just say, I didn't see the ending coming quite like it did and I'm a little sad that I don't know what happened to all the characters. The story mixes the joy of playing on the Workington Sweet Peas, all All-American girls baseball team with the sadness of being label a secret Communist in the US in the 1950s. 

Forced out of their home after the dad, a well-known author, was accused of being a Communist, the family flees to Uncle Matthew's home. While there, Bertha lands a place on the baseball team, the Workington Sweet Peas, and life is looking up, until tragedy strikes.....

I enjoyed the book. I could have done without the filler words and with a little more God in the book, but overall, it was a good, clean read.

Flossie, Bertha's sister, was such a fun add-in. She had a 110% vivacious personality that made her chapters so fun to read. 

I enjoyed the book-it was a balance of joy and sorrow. It was not my classification of a chick flick read at all. In fact, I was close to tears during part of the story.

I received this book from Revell and was not required to write a positive review. All opinions are my own. 

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