Fast Pitch

From #1New York Timesbestselling author Nic Stonecomes 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:Shenices focus gets shaken when her great-uncle Jack reveals that a career-endingand family-name-ruiningcrime may have been a setup.

Strike three:Broken focus means mistakes on the field. And Shenices teammates are beginning to wonder if shes captain-qualified.

It’s up to Shenice to discover the truth about her familys pastand fastbefore secrets take the Firebirds out of the game forever.

• Publisher:Crown Books for Young Readers (August 31, 2021)
• Language:English
• Hardcover:192 pages
• ISBN-10:1984893017
• ISBN-13:9781984893017
• Reading Age:8 – 12 years
• Grade Level:3 – 7
• Item Weight:11.6 ounces
• Dimensions:5.5 x 0.47 x 8.25 inches