A review by janbooks
The All-American by Susie Finkbeiner

5.0

I really like the way this author writes. I thought this would be all about the American Girls Baseball League, and while it did have a bit of that, I didn't feel it was the main subject. To me it was more about small town culture growing up in America through the fifties. A lot was changing, as well as expectations for girls who wanted more than to be good wives and mothers. Told through alternating perspectives of Bertha and her sister Flossie, it was well executed. I liked the father and the dynamics between him and the mom and girls. I especially liked Flossie, the little sister; her stubbornness, her insatiable curiosity, how she handled being bullied, and of course her love of reading! Thanks to Netgalley for the chance to read the ARC. Definitely recommend!