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Higuera, Donna Barba, author.

Lupe Wong won't dance / by Donna Barba Higuera.

Montclair : Levine Querido, 2020.

263 pages ; 22 cm

2020

My gym shorts burrow into my butt crack like a frightened groundhog. Don't you want to read a book that starts like that?? Lupe Wong is going to be the first female pitcher in the Major Leagues. She's also championed causes her whole young life. Some worthy...like expanding the options for race on school tests beyond just a few bubbles. And some not so much...like complaining to the BBC about the length between Doctor Who seasons. Lupe needs an A in all her classes in order to meet her favorite pitcher, Fu Li Hernandez, who's Chinacan/Mexinese just like her. So when the horror that is square dancing rears its head in gym? Obviously she's not gonna let that slide. Not since Millicent Min, Girl Genius has a debut novel introduced a character so memorably, with such humor and emotional insight. Even square dancing fans will agree.

8-12 Brodart.

3-7 Brodart.

Pitchers (Baseball) -- Fiction.

Pitchers (Baseball) -- Juvenile fiction.

Baseball -- Fiction.

Baseball -- Juvenile fiction.

Humorous stories.

Humorous stories.

Humorous fiction.

Baseball -- Fiction.

JUVENILE FICTION / School & Education

JUVENILE FICTION / Social Themes

JUVENILE FICTION / Sports & Recreation / Baseball & Softball

Sports stories.

Humorous fiction.

Lupe Wong will not dance

Booklist, September 01, 2020

Publishers Weekly, July 06, 2020

School Library Journal, October 01, 2020

Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books, September 01, 2020

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