Bat 6 Author:Virginia Euwer Wolff, Joseph Layden Bat 6 - that's the softball game played every year between the sixth-grade girls of Barlow and Bear Creek Ridge. All the girls - Beautiful Hair Hallie, Manzanita who gets the spirit, the twins Lola and Lila, Tootie, Shadean - they've been waiting for their turn at Bat 6 since they could first toss a ball. — This time there's a newcomer on each te... more »am: Aki, at first base for the Ridgers, who just returned with her family from a place she's too embarrassed to talk about. And Shazam, center field for Barlow, who's been shunted around by her mother since her father was killed on December 7, 1941.
The adults of the two towns would rather not speak about why Aki's family had to "go away." They can't quite admit just how "different" Shazam is. And that is why the two girls are on a collision course that explodes catastrophically on the morning of Bat 6, the day they've been preparing for all their lives.« less
ISBN-13: 9780590897990 ISBN-10: 0590897993 Pages:256 Reading Level: Young Adult Rating:
Very interesting read on a subject you don't hear about very often. I loved that it was written from each girls point of view. That added to the realism of the story to me. I would recommend this book to young girls. I think it is an important read.