Fast Pitch

ISBN-10: 1984893041
ISBN-13: 9781984893048
Author: Stone, Nic
Interest Level: 3-7
Publisher: Penguin Random House

Publication Date: January 2023

Copyright: 2021

Page Count: 208

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Interest Level

Grades 3-7

Reading Level

Guided Reading: X
Lexile: 790L
Accelerated Reader Level: 5.2
Accelerated Reader Points: 5.0

BISAC Subjects

JUVENILE FICTION / Social Themes / Prejudice & Racism

JUVENILE FICTION / Sports & Recreation / Baseball & Softball

Description
From #1 New York Times bestselling author Nic Stone comes a challenging and heartwarming coming-of-age story about a softball player looking to prove herself on and off the field . Shenice Lockwood, captain of the Fulton Firebirds, is hyper-focused when she steps up to the plate. Nothing can stop her from leading her team to the U12 fast-pitch softball regional championship. But life has thrown some curveballs her way. Strike one: As the sole team of all-brown faces, Shenice and the Firebirds have to work twice as hard to prove that Black girls belong at bat. Strike two: Shenice's focus gets shaken when her great-uncle Jack reveals that a career-ending--and family-name-ruining--crime may have been a setup. Strike three: Broken focus means mistakes on the field. And Shenice's teammates are beginning to wonder if she's captain-qualified. It's up to Shenice to discover the truth about her family's past--and fast--before secrets take the Firebirds out of the game forever.
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