Status
Available
Collection
Lexile
930L
Description
In small town, post-World War Oregon, twenty-one 6th grade girls recount the story of an annual softball game, during which one girl's bigotry comes to the surface.
Awards
Massachusetts Children's Book Award (Nominee — 2001)
Pennsylvania Young Reader's Choice Award (Nominee — Grades 6-8 — 2001)
Pacific Northwest Library Association Young Reader's Choice Award (Nominee — Junior — 2001)
Vermont Golden Dome Book Award (Nominee)
Jane Addams Children's Book Award (Winner — 1999)
Virginia Readers' Choice (Nominee — Middle School — 2002)
CCBC Choices (1998)
NCTE Adventuring with Books: A Booklist for Pre-K—Grade 6 (12th Edition: 1996-1998)
Notable Children's Book (1999)
OYAN Book Rave (2000)