Step Up to the Plate, Maria Singh

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.

Nine-year-old Maria Singh longs to play softball in the first-ever girls' team forming in Yuba City, California. 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 Mam 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.

Binding Type: Hardcover
Publisher: Tu Books
Published: 05/15/2017
ISBN: 9781600602610
Pages: 288
Weight: 0.90lbs
Size: 7.80h x 5.30w x 1.00d

Review Citations: Kirkus Reviews 04/15/2017
School Library Journal 06/01/2017
Bulletin of Ctr for Child Bks 07/01/2017
Horn Book Magazine 07/01/2017 pg. 135
Hornbook Guide to Children 07/01/2017 pg. 95 - Superior,Well Above Average

Accelerated Reader Quiz #/Name: 189293 / Step Up to the Plate, Maria Singh
Reading Level: 4.6 / Interest Level: Middle Grade / Point Value: 7