Step up to the plate, Maria Singh

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.

subjects: East Indian Americans,  Racially mixed people,  Juvenile fiction,  Prejudices,  Mexican Americans,  World War, 1939-1945,  Softball,  Farm life,  History,  Children's fiction,  World war, 1939-1945, fiction,  Racially mixed people, fiction,  California, fiction,  East Indian Americans -- Juvenile fiction,  Farm life -- California -- Juvenile fiction,  Mexican Americans -- Juvenile fiction,  Prejudices -- Juvenile fiction,  Racially mixed people -- Juvenile fiction,  Softball -- Juvenile fiction,  World War, 1939-1945 -- Juvenile fiction,  California -- History -- 20th century -- Juvenile fiction

Places: California

Times: 20th century