Welcome to the Bank Street Children's Book Committee's (CBC) Searchable Best Books List, a tool designed to help educators, families, librarians, and others access developmentally appropriate and engaging books for young readers (ages birth - 18).
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Three Strike Summer
Skyler Schrempp
Ages: 9+
Published: 2022
Publisher: Margaret K. McElderry Books/Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing/S & S
ISBN: 978-1-5344-9914-0
Keywords: migrant labor, families, California history, baseball
In 1936 Gloria's family abandons their failed Oklahoma farm to work in California. Gloria is determined to play baseball at the migrant workers' camp, despite the "no girls" code. Back matter.