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Barbara Gregorich

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Barbara Gregorich, who writes fiction and nonfiction for adults and for children, has in her writing career deliberately moved from one genre to another, writing about the things important in life — baseball, mystery, and social justice. Her seminal Women at Play: The Story of Women in Baseball won the SABR-MacMillan Award and laid the groundwork for other books on the subject. For her research and writings on women in baseball, Barbara Gregorich received the 2024 SABR Dorothy Seymour Mills Lifetime Achievement Award.

In 2021 City of Light published The F Words, whose story of ICE persecution of immigrants focuses on the resilience of working class teens. Exit Velocity (2024) features a young working class woman who encounters discrim ...more

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	Brain Quest Workbook: Grade 4 4.25 avg rating — 199 ratings — published 2008	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Fox On The Box 3.78 avg rating — 68 ratings — published 1984	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Jog, Frog, Jog 3.86 avg rating — 51 ratings — published 1984 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Women at Play: The Story of Women in Baseball/ a Harvest Original 3.98 avg rating — 49 ratings — published 1993 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Beep, Beep! - level 1 by Barbara Gregorich (Goodreads Author), Ed Taber (Illustrator) 4.10 avg rating — 30 ratings — published 1984 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	School Zone Math Basics 2 Workbook: 64 Pages, 2nd Grade, Addition & Subtraction, Time & Money, Place Value, Fact Families, Ages 7-8 (I Know It! Book Series) by Barbara Gregorich (Goodreads Author), Lorie DeYoung, Robin Koontz (Goodreads Author) (Illustrator) 4.04 avg rating — 25 ratings — published 1995 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Waltur Buys a Pig in a Poke and Other Stories by Barbara Gregorich (Goodreads Author), Kristin Sorra (Goodreads Author) (Illustrator) 3.85 avg rating — 26 ratings — published 2006 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Following Directions by Barbara Gregorich (Goodreads Author), Richard Pape (Illustrator) 3.56 avg rating — 27 ratings — published 1994	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The F Words 4.57 avg rating — 21 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Gum on the Drum by Barbara Gregorich (Goodreads Author), Joan Hoffman (Editor) 3.96 avg rating — 24 ratings — published 1984 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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What is Genre-Bending Fiction?

When Ballad of the Horse and Mule was published this past May, one book analyst called it a genre-bending book. This gave me pause, because I wasn’t thinking of genre-bending when I wrote Ballad of the Horse and Mule.

I did not think “genre-bending” when I started to write my 2024 novel, Exit Velocity. However, about half way through I suddenly realized that I was, in fact, mixing genres. Specifica

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Barbara Gregorich liked Linda Loew's review of Ballad of the Horse and Mule: Some Will Make It Through: "Front Row Seat at the Race What do mules, mountains, horses, streams, changing weather, snakes, competitions, friendship, betrayal, and solidarity have in common, OR where do we find all these things thrown together in suspense over several weeks? To " Read more of this review »
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Barbara Gregorich wants to read The Missing Magician (The Time-Jinx Twins Book 2) by Carol Fisher Saller (Goodreads Author)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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Barbara Gregorich liked Amy Brown's review of Waltur Paints Himself into a Corner and Other Stories: "This is a cute 2nd grade level reader that can help kids learn about idioms. "
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Barbara Gregorich liked Renee Brown's review of Waltur Paints Himself into a Corner and Other Stories: "Humorous misadventures of Waltur the bear. Repetition, sight words and humorous dialogue are used to engage young readers."
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This book is so good that I don’t know where to begin! The story, about tween twins Ellie and Kat, reunited but wary of each other, takes readers and the twins on a time-travel adventure back to 1970, when their grandmother was part of the “scene,” m ...more
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