| Playing for Pride Contributor(s): Tocher, Timothy (Author) |
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ISBN: 0689024533 ISBN-13: 9780689024535 Publisher: Running Press Adult OUR PRICE: $4.49 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: September 2002 Annotation: The second title in this series that deals with sports action for girls introduces Laurie Bird Preston, who prefers basketball over softball. She's asked to befriend Carlotta Sanchez, a girl from Puerto Rico who can barely speak English. Carlotta loves to play softball, and convinces Laurie to join the team. As Laurie struggles, she notices that her new friend struggles with a new school, new friends, and a new country. Illustrations. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Juvenile Fiction | Sports & Recreation - Baseball - Juvenile Fiction | Social Themes - General (see Also Headings Under Family) - Juvenile Fiction | Girls & Women |
| Dewey: FIC |
| Lexile Measure: 770 |
| Physical Information: 0.29" H x 6.36" W x 7.64" (0.20 lbs) 120 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: A New Sport with New Rules -- Can Laurie Come Through for Her Team? A New Sport with New Rules -- Can Laurie Come Through for Her Team? With the girls' softball season about to start, fifth-grader Laurie Bird Preston can't decide what to do. Her friends are trying out for the team, but Laurie knows she's no softball player -- basketball is her sport. She helped lead her middle school's girls' basketball team to a state championship just a few weeks earlier. What fun will she have playing a sport she's no good at and might not even like? But with patience, practice -- and help form her friends and an eccentric old woman with a mysterious past -- Laurie might just learn that she doesn't have to be the best player to be part of the team. |
