| Sliding Into Home Contributor(s): Butler, Dori Hillestad (Author) |
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ISBN: 1561453412 ISBN-13: 9781561453412 Publisher: Peachtree Publishers OUR PRICE: $7.16 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: April 2005 Annotation: An adolescent girl who is passionate about baseball learns that realizing a dream requires a good deal more than stubborn, steely resolve as she risks everything to follow her heart. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Juvenile Fiction | Sports & Recreation - Baseball - Juvenile Fiction | Girls & Women - Juvenile Fiction | Social Themes - Self-esteem & Self-reliance |
| Dewey: FIC |
| Lexile Measure: 580 |
| Physical Information: 0.6" H x 5.99" W x 8.48" (0.63 lbs) 224 pages |
| Themes: - Sex & Gender - Feminine |
| Accelerated Reader Info |
| Quiz #: 69016 Reading Level: 3.7 Interest Level: Middle Grades Point Value: 7.0 |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: It's not fair Thirteen-year-old Joelle Cunningham is passionate about baseball. But when her family moves to the small town of Greendale, Iowa, she quickly discovers that there are strict rules preventing her from playing on the school baseball team. At Hoover Middle School, only boys play baseball. Girls play softball. Joelle tries to tell everyone they're not the same sport. But no one is listening. Not Coach Carlyle who doesn't want her on his team even though his baseball team is at the bottom of the league. Not Ms. Fenner, the softball coach who wants Joelle to use her big league swing on the girls' team. Not even Jason, her older brother, who is too busy at college to be of much help. But Joelle is determined to play baseball. Through some creative problem-solving and surprising alliances, she finds a solution to her dilemma that brings the disputing sides together...and baseball to the girls of Greendale. Author Dori Butler has created a high-spirited, indomitable character that young girls will admire and root for in this story of frustrated ambition and ultimate triumph. |
Contributor Bio(s): Butler, Dori Hillestad: - Dori Hillestad Butler is the author of over fifty works of fiction and nonfiction for young readers. She has also published stories for children in magazines such as Highlights for Children, Cricket, Spider, Children's Digest, and Child Life. Butler is the children's book review columnist for the Cedar Rapids Gazette. She lives in Iowa. |