Yes She Can! Women's Sports Pioneers

The second book in Stout's Good Sports series (following 2010's Baseball Heroes) profiles five women athletes who, as Stout writes in his introduction, "refused to be told what they could and could not do." In chapters devoted to swimmer Trudy Ederle, runners Louise Stokes and Tidye Pickett, jockey Julie Krone, and Indy car driver Danica Patrick, Stout covers each woman's hard work, setbacks, and triumphs without minimizing the challenges and disappointments along the way (Stokes, one of the first two African-American Olympians, never got to compete during the Games, and success on the track proved elusive for Patrick). Accessible and inspirational. Ages 9–12. (Apr.)