There's No Base Like Home - Hardcover

Jessica Mendoza; Alana Mendoza Dusan

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 162014588X ISBN 13: 9781620145883

Publisher: Lee & Low Books, 2018

Synopsis

ESPN baseball analyst and two-time Olympic medalist Jessica Mendoza teams up with her sister Alana Mendoza Dusan in this sweet and hilarious middle-grade novel that celebrates teamwork, family, and softball!

This is going to be twelve-year-old Sophia Maria Garcia's best year ever: she's going out for the same softball team on which her high-school softball star sister played at her age, and she s starting middle school. New school, new Sophia!

But all does not go according to plan. Sophia does not make the Waves softball team, and making friends at her new school does not go well. Maybe Sophia isn't the pitcher she thought she might be. And her best friend is drifting away, getting interested in boys and losing interest in Sophia. As the middle school blues set in, Sophia must reach deep down and find a little UMPH--the difference between being good and being great--to figure out her own place, on the field and off.

About this title

About the Author:

Jessica Mendoza is a two-time Olympic medalist in softball and an ESPN baseball analyst. Mendoza has been featured in the New York Times, Washington Post, and more, and is dedicated to encouraging girls' love of sports. Cowriter Alana Mendoza Dusan, who is Jessica's sister and also played college softball, is an English teacher. This is their first novel.

Ruth McNally Barshaw is the illustrator of seven books for young readers, including the Ellie McDoodle Diaries, which she also wrote. She resides in Michigan.

About this edition

• Publisher: Lee & Low Books
• Publication date: 2018
• ISBN 10: 162014588X
• ISBN 13: 9781620145883
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 240
• Illustrator: Ruth Mcnally Barshaw