Step up to the plate, Maria Singh
By: by Uma Krishnaswami
Edition: First edition.
Publisher: Lee & Low Books, Incorporated
Published: 2017
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 276
ISBN-13: 9781600602610
Subjects: East Indian Americans; Racially mixed people; Juvenile fiction; Prejudices; Mexican Americans; World War, 1939-1945; Softball; Farm life; History
Description: 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 Mama 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.
Notes: 345 Childrens Plus, Inc.