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Step up to the plate, Maria Singh /

"Nine-year-old Maria Singh learns to play softball just like her heroes in the All-American Girls' League, while her parents and neighbors are struggling through World War II, working for India's independence, and trying to stay on their farmland"--

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Krishnaswami, Uma, 1956- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Tu Books, an imprint of Lee & Low Books, [2017]
Edition:First edition.
Subjects:
World War (1939-1945)
World War, 1939-1945 > Juvenile fiction.
World War, 1939-1945 > Fiction.
Farm life > California > Fiction.
Softball > Fiction.
East Indian Americans > Fiction.
Mexican Americans > Fiction.
Racially mixed people > Fiction.
California > History > 20th century > Fiction.
JUVENILE FICTION > Historical > United States > 20th Century.
JUVENILE FICTION > People & Places > United States > Asian American.
JUVENILE FICTION > Sports & Recreation > Baseball & Softball.
Prejudices > Fiction.
1939-1945
Fiction.
History.
Juvenile works.
Historical fiction.
Description
Summary:"Nine-year-old Maria Singh learns to play softball just like her heroes in the All-American Girls' League, while her parents and neighbors are struggling through World War II, working for India's independence, and trying to stay on their farmland"--
Physical Description:276 pages ; 20 cm
Awards:A Junior Library Guild selection (JLG.)
ISBN:9781600602610
1600602614