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Alexander, Kwame2025
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Twelve-year old Charley is set on becoming the first female pitcher to play professional baseball, even if that's a lofty dream for a Black girl in the American South in the 1920s. Even so, her grandfather Kofi's thrilling stories about courageous ancestors and epic journeys make it impossible not to dream big. She knows he has so much more to tell, but according to her parents, she isn't old enough to know about certain things, like what happened to Booker Preston that one night in Great Bridge, and why she can never play on the brand-new baseball field on the other side of town. When Charley challenges a neighbourhood bully to a game at the church picnic, she knows she can win, even with her ragtag team. Then a dispute on the field leads to Charley making a fateful decision, one that will bring consequences she never could have imagined.
Main title:
Black star / Kwame Alexander.
Author:
Alexander, Kwame, author
Imprint:
London : Andersen Press, 2025.©2024
Collation:
372 pages ; 23 cm.
Series title:
Notes:
First published in 2024.
Audience:
Interest age level: 12+ years old.
ISBN:
9781839135675 (hbk)9781839135675
Dewey class:
813.54
Language:
English
Subject:
African Americans -- Juvenile fictionWomen baseball players -- Juvenile fictionRacism against Black people -- Juvenile fictionRace relations -- Juvenile fictionBaseball -- Juvenile fictionYoung adult fictionUnited States -- History -- 20th century -- Juvenile fictionNovels in verseSports fictionHistorical fiction
BRN:
581862
More Information:
| Location | Collection | Call number | Status/Desc |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sandringham Library | Young Adult | YA ALE | Available |