{"product_id":"three-strike-summer-9781534499140","title":"Three Strike Summer","description":"\u003cb\u003e\"Told in a voice that is so real it reeks of filched peaches, this book is a home run.\" --Amy Sarig King, Printz Award-winning author of \u003ci\u003eDig\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Year We Fell from Space\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eSandlot\u003c\/i\u003e meets \u003ci\u003eEsperanza Rising\u003c\/i\u003e in this lyrical middle grade novel set in the 1930s about a strong-willed girl who finds her voice in a tale of moxie, peaches, and determination to thrive despite the odds.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhen the skies dried up, Gloria thought it was temporary. When the dust storms rolled in, she thought they would pass. But now the bank man's come to take the family farm, and Pa's decided to up and move to California in search of work. They'll pick fruit, he says, until they can save up enough money to buy land of their own again. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThere are only three rules at the Santa Ana Holdsten Peach Orchard: \u003cbr\u003e No stealing product.\u003cbr\u003e No drunkenness or gambling.\u003cbr\u003e And absolutely \u003ci\u003eno \u003c\/i\u003eorganizing. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWell, Gloria Mae Willard isn't about to organize any peaches, no ma'am. She's got more on her mind than that. Like the secret, all-boys baseball team she's desperate to play for, if only they'd give her a chance. Or the way that wages keep going down. The way their company lodgings are dirty and smelly, and everyone seems intent on leaving her out of everything. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBut Gloria has never been the type to wait around for permission. If the boys won't let her play, she'll find a way to make them. If the people around her are keeping secrets, then she'll keep a few of her own. And if the boss men at the Santa Ana Holdsten Peach Orchard say she can't organize peaches, then by golly she'll organize a whole ball game.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Margaret K. McElderry Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/30\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781534499140\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 320\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.25h x 5.50w x 0.83d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 06\/01\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 06\/20\/2022\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Skyler Schrempp","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42268681044149,"sku":"9781534499140","price":15.29,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_e1be68f2-0a44-4883-bbea-1d8e9230df3a.jpg?v=1657033962","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/three-strike-summer-9781534499140","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}