Overview
āTold in a voice that is so real it reeks of filched peaches, this book is a home run.ā āAmy Sarig King, Printz Awardāwinning author of Dig and The Year We Fell from Space
Sandlot meets Esperanza Rising in this āvividly rendered, emotionally vulnerableā (Publishers Weekly, starred review) middle grade historical novel about a strong-willed girl who finds her voice in a tale of moxie, peaches, and determination to thrive despite the odds.
When the skies dried up, Gloria thought it was temporary. When the dust storms rolled in, she thought they would pass. But now the bank manās come to take the family farm, and Paās decided to up and move to California in search of work. Theyāll pick fruit, he says, until they can save up enough money to buy land of their own again.
There are only three rules at the Santa Ana Holdsten Peach Orchard:
No stealing product.
No drunkenness or gambling.
And absolutely no organizing.
Well, Gloria Mae Willard isnāt about to organize any peaches, no maāam. Sheās got more on her mind than that. Like the secret, all-boys baseball team sheās desperate to play for, if only theyād give her a chance. Or the way that wages keep going down. The way their company lodgings are dirty and smelly, and everyone seems intent on leaving her out of everything.
But Gloria has never been the type to wait around for permission. If the boys wonāt let her play, sheāll find a way to make them. If the people around her are keeping secrets, then sheāll keep a few of her own. And if the boss men at the Santa Ana Holdsten Peach Orchard say she canāt organize peaches, then by golly sheāll organize a whole ball game.
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