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.
| ISBN: | 9781984893024 |
| Publication date: | 31st August 2021 |
| Author: | Nic Stone |
| Publisher: | Crown Books for Young Readers an imprint of Random House Children's Books |
| Format: | Hardback |
| Pagination: | 192 pages |
| Genres: |
Children’s / Teenage fiction: General, modern and contemporary fiction Children’s / Teenage personal and social topics: Prejudice and intolerance Stories about Family and Friends People / Places PSHE: Family Issues Children’s / Teenage personal and social topics: Racism and anti-racism |