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: Shenices focus gets shaken when her great-uncle Jack reveals that a career-endingand family-name-ruiningcrime may have been a setup. Strike three: Broken focus means mistakes on the field. And Shenices teammates are beginning to wonder if shes captain-qualified. It's up to Shenice to discover the truth about her familys pastand fastbefore secrets take the Firebirds out of the game forever. Sports, suspense, mystery, history... What more could you want? A funny, charming page-turner. Adam Gidwitz, New York Times bestselling author
- | Author: Nic Stone
- | Publisher: Yearling
- | Publication Date: Jan 03, 2023
- | Number of Pages: 208 pages
- | Language: English
- | Binding: Paperback
- | ISBN-10: 1984893041
- | ISBN-13: 9781984893048
- Author:
- Nic Stone
- Publisher:
- Yearling
- Publication Date:
- Jan 03, 2023
- Number of pages:
- 208 pages
- Language:
- English
- Binding:
- Paperback
- ISBN-10:
- 1984893041
- ISBN-13:
- 9781984893048