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 Three strike summer
 Author: Schrempp, Skyler

 Publisher:  Margaret K. McElderry Books (2022)

 Classification: Fiction
 Physical Description: 308 p.,  22 cm

 BTSB No: 789891 ISBN: 9781534499140
 Ages: 8-12 Grades: 3-7

 Subjects:
 Baseball -- Fiction
 Agricultural laborers -- Fiction
 Migrant labor -- Fiction
 Family life -- California -- Fiction
 California -- History -- 20th century -- Fiction
Genres:
Sports
Historical Fiction
Family Life

Price: $22.58

Summary:
Dust Bowl refugee Gloria Mae Willard finds herself uprooted and working on a California peach orchard, where she tries to join the secret, all-boys baseball team that she's desperate to play on.

Accelerated Reader Information:
   Interest Level: MG
   Reading Level: 4.90
   Points: 9.0   Quiz: 517655

Reviews:
   Kirkus Reviews (+) (06/01/22)
   Booklist (+) (07/01/22)
 The Hornbook (+) (00/11/22)

Full Text Reviews:

Booklist - 07/01/2022 - Copyright 2022 Booklist.

Booklist - 07/01/2022 *Starred Review* Dropping readers into the Dust Bowl, Schrempp’s historical novel accurately captures the trials and tribulations of families displaced during this period. The Willard family has been dealt an unfortunate hand—drought, no crops to sell, and dusty conditions that result in the death of their baby son. Like droves of others, they’re forced out of their home and head west, taking only what fits in their truck. Gloria Mae Willard’s parents find jobs as pickers in the California orchards, settling at the Santa Ana Holdsten Peach Orchard for both work and housing. Strict rules at the company compound and exploitative practices create a tense atmosphere and give rise to organizers and ugly reprisals. For her own part, spunky Gloria is itchin’ to pitch fastballs. When she learns that there’s a secret ball team at the compound, she refuses to be put off by its all-boys attitude and channels the organizing spirit of the workers, with wide-ranging results for everyone. Schrempp’s writing is thoughtful and accessible, containing richly developed characters—Gloria is outspoken and determined yet teachable; her family, resilient. Even her nemesis is well-rounded. Readers will applaud Gloria and the workers while gaining understanding of a time that extends far beyond sepia-toned stills. This moving tale breathes life, depth, and color into the era. - Copyright 2022 Booklist.

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