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. And Shenice’s teammates are beginning to wonder if she’s captain-qualified. Strike three: Broken focus means mistakes on the field. 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 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. But life has thrown some curveballs her way. The twelve-year-old catcher plays for the Fulton Firebirds, the first all-Black team in the league and the only team in. Softball is in Shenice Lightning Lockwood’s blood. Shenice Lockwood, captain of the Fulton Firebirds, is hyper-focused when she steps up to the plate. Intermediate, Middle School Crown 192 pp. Nothing can stop her from leading her team to the U12 fast-pitch softball regional championship. 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. 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.Synopsis: 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. Nothing can stop her from leading her team to the U12 fast-pitch softball regional championship.
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.
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