Fast Pitch

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.

“Sports, suspense, mystery, history… What more could you want? A funny, charming page-turner.” -Adam Gidwitz, New York Times bestselling author

Author: Nic Stone
Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Rh Childrens Books
Published: 01/03/2023
Pages: 208
Weight: 0.3lbs
Size: 7.60h x 5.10w x 0.60d
ISBN: 9781984893048
Language: English