Krishnaswami, Uma, 1956-

Step up to the plate, Maria Singh / Uma Krishnaswami. - 1st ed. - New York : Tu Books, an imprint of Lee & Low Books, [2017] - 276 p. ; 20 cm.

School Library Journal, June 2017 Horn Book, October 2017 Kirkus Review, April 2017 Library Media Connection, August 2017

When World War II erupts in the spring of 1945, nine-year-old Maria Singh begins practicing her pitching, just in time for her teacher to form the first-ever girls' softball team in Yuba City, California, while her parents struggle trying to stay on their farm.

4.0. 3-6 Follett School Solutions.



9781600602610


Softball teams--Fiction.
World War, 1939-1945--Fiction.
Farm life--Fiction.


Yuba City (Calif.)--Fiction.


Historical fiction.

PZ7.K75 / Ste 2017

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