Fast Pitch
[S.I.] : Penguin Random House Audio Publishing Group, 2021.
Format: Eaudiobook
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. ? "A grand slam of an adventure.” ?Kirkus Reviews, Starred Review
ISBN:
9780593413777
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South Carolina Junior Book Award Nominee.
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