Baskeball Belles

I found it only appropriate that while the NBA finals were in their halftime I read a book about the beginnings of women's basketball.

Basketball Belles: How Two Teams and One Scrappy Player Put Women's Hoops on the Map
Written by Sue Macy
Illustrated by Matt Collins

This book tells the story of how the first intercollegiate basketball game to happen and the history that it made. The story focuses on Agnes Moreley a girl from a ranch in New Mexico who has never been a girly girl who liked to be dressed up but would rather be out working with the cattle. When her parents sent her to Stanford their hope was that she would become a lady. Little did they know that she would soon be a member of the schools first female basketball team that would play against Berkley.

The story is told in a pacing that will keep the reader interested in finding out what is happening in the game much like you would with any basketball game. The information provided at the end of the boo was the best part to me. Finding out about the history of this particular game as well as that of all of women's basketball is something I had never seen before which makes this book much more original.

I gave this book 4 out of 5 stars and would definitely encourage girls to read if interested in basketball. Boys will like the book too but I think it will mean more to girls.