Bat 6 by Virginia Euwer Wolff is a story about two schools in two small cities in Oregon with a 50-year-old tradition, where the sixth grade girls play an annual baseball game. ... The Bat 6 game started in the spring of 1899 as a girls' baseball competition between Bear Creek and Barlow Road Grade Schools. ... Bat 6's 50 year anniversary will remain scoreless, but the girls did not leave empty-handed; they realized that although the game went down in history as being the only failure, they grew up emotionally by learning about prejudice and the effects of war on people's behavi...

• Word Count: 689
• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: High School

The Pearl Harbor attack will forever be an unforgettable day in American history. ... As more men left to fight for our country more women were called into work for factories, farms, and even baseball. ...

• Word Count: 1029
• Approx Pages: 4
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School