ألثيا جيبسون: قصة فتاة التنس سريعة القدمين

The pacing captures her restless energy perfectly—my son kept interrupting to tell me facts about stickball and her fearlessness. It's the kind of biography that makes history feel alive, not like a school assignment.

My daughter read this in one sitting and immediately wanted to play stickball in the park. The way it captures Althea’s height and fearless attitude on every page made history feel alive for her.

The writing brings Althea’s restless energy to life so vividly, I could almost hear the stickball bouncing off the pavement. My son and I read it together and he kept asking “what happens next?” — a rare win for a biography.