TY - BOOK AU - Krishnaswami,Uma TI - Step up to the plate, Maria Singh SN - 9781600602610 AV - PZ7.K75 Ste 2017 U1 - [Fic] 23 PY - 2017///] CY - New York PB - Tu Books, an imprint of Lee & Low Books KW - Softball teams KW - Fiction KW - sears KW - World War, 1939-1945 KW - Farm life KW - Yuba City (Calif.) KW - Historical fiction KW - lcgft N1 - School Library Journal, June 2017; Horn Book, October 2017; Kirkus Review, April 2017; Library Media Connection, August 2017; 4.0; 3-6; Follett School Solutions; Accelerated Reader AR; MG; 4.6; 7.0; 189293; BR N2 - 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 ER -