Awards and Honors2018 Asian/Pacific American Award for Literature, Children’s Literature
2018 Amelia Bloomer List: Middle Grade, Fiction CCBC Choices 2018 Choice: Fiction for Children
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. Index of poems. Black-and-white illustrations. "The History Behind Maria's Story."
Topics World War II (1939–1945). Farm life. California. Softball. East Indian Americans. Mexican Americans. Racially mixed people. Twentieth-century California history.
SRC Level 4.200000
SRC Points 11.000000
Lexile 680L
Trim Size 5 1/4" x 7 3/4"
JLG Span Fall
Language English
Rights type Print
Publication date 2017-04-30
JLG Release Date Oct 2017
Minimum grade 1
Maximum grade 4
Reading level Elementary
Format Print
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