The Highest Hit

by Nancy Willard

Kate Carpenter Schmidt, managing editor of a neighborhood newspaper, collector of baseball cards, avid reader, and dabbler in various philanthropies, has an adventure which teaches her to discriminate between what is real and what is fake

117 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1978

About the author

NANCY WILLARD was an award-winning children's author, poet, and essayist who received the Newbery Medal in 1982 for A Visit to William Blake's Inn. She wrote dozens of volumes of children's fiction and poetry, including The Flying Bed, Sweep Dreams, and Cinderella's Dress. She also authored two novels for adults, Things Invisible to See and Sister Water, and twelve books of poetry, including Swimming Lessons: New and Selected Poems. She lived with her husband, photographer Eric Lindbloom, and taught at Vassar College in Poughkeepsie, New York.

Reviews

[Kirsten Murphy · Rating 4 out of 5]

Another one from my childhood that I loved. After all, who didn't want to be in Guinness Book of World Records!