Krishnaswami, Uma, 1956-

Step up to the plate, Maria Singh / by Uma Krishnaswami. - First edition. - 276 pages ; 20 cm

"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"--

9781600602610 (hardback)

2016055988


World War, 1939-1945--Juvenile fiction.
World War, 1939-1945--Fiction.
Farm life--California--Fiction.
Softball--Fiction.
East Indian Americans--Fiction.
Mexican Americans--Fiction.
Racially mixed people--Fiction.


California--History--20th century--Fiction.

PZ7.K8975 / Ste 2017

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