Step up to the plate, Maria Singh Krishnaswami, Uma 1956- creator author. text Fiction. History. Juvenile works. Fiction. Historical fiction. Juvenile works. Historical fiction. nyu 2017 First edition. monographic eng print 276 pages ; 20 cm "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"-- juvenile by Uma Krishnaswami. Reading Counts 3-5 4.2 11. A Junior Library Guild selection (JLG.) n-us-ca 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 Softball Fiction Prejudices Fiction Farm life California Fiction East Indian Americans Fiction Racially mixed people Fiction World War, 1939-1945 Fiction Mexican Americans Fiction 1939-1945 fast PZ7.K8975 Ste 2017 [Fic] Step up to the plate, Maria Singh Krishnaswami, Uma, 1956- New York : Tu Books, an imprint of Lee & Low Books, [2017] First edition. (DLC) 2017027498 9781600602610 1600602614 2016055988 DLC 170407 20180329110850.0 in00003919519 eng