You Throw Like a Girl (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781481459846)

Miss Congeniality meets She's the Man in this hilarious M!X novel about a girl torn between competing in a beauty pageant and playing on the boy's baseball team.

Gabby's summer vacation isn't shaping up to be that great. Her dad was just deployed overseas, and Gabby is staying at her grandmother's house with her mom and baby sister until he returns.

The one bright spot is that Gaby plans to sign up for the local softball league--her greatest love and a passion she shares with her Dad who was a pitcher in college. But when Gabby goes to sign up for the summer league, she discovers that there wasn't enough interest to justify a girl's team this year. And to top it off, a horrible miscommunication ends with Gabby signed up to participate in the Miss Popcorn Festival--the annual pageant that Gabby's mom dominated when she was younger.

Besides not having any interest in the pageant life, Gabby made a promise to her dad that she would play softball for the summer. Since her pitching skills rival any boy her age, Gabby creates a master plan: disguise herself as a boy and sign up for the boy's baseball team instead--and try to win the pageant to make Mom happy. Can Gabby juggle perfecting her pageant walk and perfecting her fastball? Or will this plan strike out?

Author: Rachele Alpine
ISBN-10: 1481459848
ISBN-13: 9781481459846
Publisher: Aladdin Paperbacks
Language: English
Published: 02/14/2017
Pages: 272
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.40lbs
Size: 7.50h x 5.10w x 0.80d

Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 5
Point Value: 7
Interest Level: Middle Grade
Quiz #/Name: 187749 / You Throw Like a Girl


Review Citation(s):
Kirkus Reviews 12/15/2016 pg. 136
Booklist 01/01/2017 pg. 98
Hornbook Guide to Children 01/01/2018 - Below Average, With Minor Flaw