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17-year-old Ruby Thomas, newly in charge of her two young nieces after a devastating tragedy, is determined to keep her family safe in the huge, swirling world of 1920s New York City. She's got street smarts, boundless willpower, and one unusual skill: the capability to throw a ball as hard as the greatest pitchers in a baseball-mad city.From Coney Island sideshows to the brand-new Yankee Stadium, Diamond Ruby chronicles the amazing life and times of a woman who rises from utter poverty to the kind of renown only the Roaring Twenties can bestow. But her fame comes with a price, and Ruby must evade a deadly web of conspiracy and hazards from Prohibition rumrunners, the Ku Klux Klan, and the gangster underworld.
