Step Up to the Plate Maria Singh by Uma Krishnaswami
	List Price:   $16.95 Unit Price:   $13.56 You Save:   $3.39 (20%) ISBN-10:   1600602614 ISBN-13:   9781600602610 Publisher:   Lee and Low Books Category:   Middle School Pub. Date:   May 2017 Pages:   288 Format:   Hardcover Ages:   8 to 12
Description/Notes
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." It s the spring of 1945, and World War II is dragging on. Miss Newman, Maria s teacher, is inspired by Babe Ruth and the All-American Girls League to start a girls softball team at their school. Meanwhile, Maria s parents Papi from India and Mama from Mexico can no longer protect their children from prejudice and from the discriminatory laws of the land. When the family is on the brink of losing their farm, Maria must decide if she has what it takes to step up and find her voice in an unfair world. In this fascinating middle grade novel, award-winning author Uma Krishnaswami sheds light on a little-known chapter of American history set in a community whose families made multicultural choices before the word had been invented."