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Twelve-year old Black girl Charley, who dreams of becoming the first professional female pitcher, must navigate adolescence during the turbulent segregation era and the beginning of the Great Migration.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Alexander, Kwame (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Little, Brown and Company, 2024.
Edition:First edition.
Series:Alexander, Kwame. Door of no return trilogy.
Subjects:
African Americans > Juvenile fiction.
Baseball > Juvenile fiction.
Women baseball players > Juvenile fiction.
Racism against Black people > Juvenile fiction.
Baseball stories.
United States > Race relations > 20th century > Juvenile fiction.
United States > History > 20th century > Juvenile fiction.
Novels in verse.
African Americans > Fiction.
Baseball > Fiction.
Racism > Fiction.
United States > Race relations > 20th century > Fiction.
United States > History > 20th century > Fiction.
Noirs américains > Romans, nouvelles, etc.
Récits de base-ball.
Noirs américains > Romans, nouvelles, etc. pour la jeunesse.
Joueuses de base-ball > Romans, nouvelles, etc. pour la jeunesse.
Racisme à l'égard des personnes noires > Romans, nouvelles, etc. pour la jeunesse.
États-Unis > Relations raciales > 20e siècle > Romans, nouvelles, etc. pour la jeunesse.
États-Unis > Histoire > 20e siècle > Romans, nouvelles, etc. pour la jeunesse.
JUVENILE FICTION / General.
Historical fiction.
Romans en vers.
Description
Summary:Twelve-year old Black girl Charley, who dreams of becoming the first professional female pitcher, must navigate adolescence during the turbulent segregation era and the beginning of the Great Migration.
Physical Description:372 pages ; 21 cm.
Audience:Ages 10 and up.
Awards:CSMCL. Best Books, 2024
ISBN:9780316442596
0316442593