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Fast Pitch

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Fast Pitch

By: Nic Stone
Narrated by: Nic Stone
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From number one New York Times best-selling 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.

©2021 Nic Stone (P)2021 Listening Library
Black & African American Difficult Discussions Family Life Fiction Growing Up Growing Up & Facts of Life Literature & Fiction Multicultural Stories Multigenerational Family United States Heartfelt
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Critic reviews

"Books like Fast Pitch are welcome evidence that writers for young readers are continuing to move beyond narratives in which the primary problem is a character’s marginalization." (The New York Times)

"Black girl magic hits a home run in Stone's latest novel." (Publishers Weekly, starred review)

"Tensions are high as the plot bounces between gameplay and sleuthing, ultimately reaching a satisfying conclusion.... Readers of all ages will cheer for Shenice." (Booklist)

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Excellent read. Keeps your attention the entire time. Teenage son enjoyed book. Great overall message.

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It’s so good I could not stop reading and I percent recommend for a book club

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