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Thirteen-year-old Joelle Cunningham isn’t
exactly thrilled to leave her home in Minneapolis and move to Iowa with her
parents—because she has to leave behind her friends, her baseball team, and even her
brother, Jason, who’s in college. She feels even worse when she finds out that her new
school isn’t going to let her play baseball—baseball is a boys’ sport, they tell her, but
she’s more than welcome to play for the girls’ softball team. Softball and baseball are
two totally different sports, Joelle argues, but no one wants to listen. The school’s
baseball coach refuses to let her try out for the team, and the school’s superintendent
refuses to change school policy to help her out. Even her friends start to think that
she should just give up and play softball.
Instead of giving in, Joelle
takes matters into her own hands—and she begins writing letters to the local newspaper to
make her feelings known. When she meets a few other girls who love baseball as much as
she does, Joelle decides to find a way to let girls in Iowa play baseball—not just
softball.
Sliding into Home is a well-written book with a
well-developed story that’s more than just a fun read for girls in grades four through
eight. It will also inspire them to stand up for what’s important to them and make a
difference. Joelle is a strong-willed, energetic, determined character—and readers will
find themselves relating to her and cheering her on.
Kristin Dreyer Kramer has been writing in some form or another (usually when she was supposed to be doing something else) since the ripe old age of ten—when she, her cousin, and their two Cabbage Patch Dolls formed the Poo Authors’ Club. After a short career in advertising, Kristin got sick of always saying nice things about stuff that didn’t deserve it—so now she spends her days criticizing things, and she’s much happier for it.
Since creating NightsAndWeekends.com in February of 2002, Kristin has spent her life surrounded by piles and piles of books and movies—so many that her office has become a kind of entertainment obstacle course.
As if her writing and editing responsibilities for N&W.com weren’t enough to keep her out of trouble, Kristin also hosts a number of weekly radio shows: Reel Discovery, Shelf Discovery, and On the Marquee. She’s also a proud member of the Broadcast Film Critics Association (CriticsChoice.com), the Central Ohio Film Critics Association (COFCA.org), the Online Film Critics Society (OFCS.org), and the Women Film Critics Circle (WFCC.Wordpress.com).
Kristin lives in Columbus, Ohio, with her husband, Paul, and their daughter, Anna. She welcomes questions, comments, and fan mail at kdk@nightsandweekends.com.
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Kristin Dreyer Kramer has been writing in some form or another (usually when she was supposed to be doing something else) since the ripe old age of ten—when she, her cousin, and their two Cabbage Patch Dolls formed the Poo Authors’ Club. After a short career in advertising, Kristin got sick of always saying nice things about stuff that didn’t deserve it—so now she spends her days criticizing things, and she’s much happier for it.
Since creating NightsAndWeekends.com in February of 2002, Kristin has spent her life surrounded by piles and piles of books and movies—so many that her office has become a kind of entertainment obstacle course.
As if her writing and editing responsibilities for N&W.com weren’t enough to keep her out of trouble, Kristin also hosts a number of weekly radio shows: Reel Discovery, Shelf Discovery, and On the Marquee. She’s also a proud member of the Broadcast Film Critics Association (CriticsChoice.com), the Central Ohio Film Critics Association (COFCA.org), the Online Film Critics Society (OFCS.org), and the Women Film Critics Circle (WFCC.Wordpress.com).
Kristin lives in Columbus, Ohio, with her husband, Paul, and their daughter, Anna. She welcomes questions, comments, and fan mail at kdk@nightsandweekends.com.
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