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Strike Zone
by Mike Lupica
Ages: 9+
Published: 2019
Publisher: Philomel Books/Penguin Random House
ISBN: 978-0-525-51488-6
Keywords: Deportation, Families, Family, Immigrants, Dominican-Americans, Baseball
Nick Garciá, 12, star pitcher for his summer league team, wants to focus on his fastball but is deeply anxious that his undocumented Dominican-born parents may be deported.