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: | 9781984893017 |
| 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: | 179 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 PSHE: Family Issues Children’s / Teenage personal and social topics: Racism and anti-racism |
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.
Fast Pitch features in the following 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, PSHE: Family Issues, Children’s / Teenage personal and social topics: Racism and anti-racism
Fast Pitch is available in Paperback, Hardback
Fast Pitch was written by Nic Stone and published by Crown Books for Young Readers an imprint of Random House Children's Books
Fast Pitch has 179 pages