A heartwarming graphic novel about a baseball-obsessed 7th grader,
trying to find her place in the sports world and her family.
In their tiny corner of Fox Point, Rhode Island, Gemma Hopper's older
brother, Teddy, is a baseball god, destined to become a Major League
star. Gemma loves playing baseball, but with her mom gone and her dad
working endless overtime, it's up to her to keep the house running.
She's too busy folding laundry, making lunches, getting her younger twin
brothers to do their homework, and navigating the perils of
middle-school friendships to take baseball seriously.
But every afternoon, Gemma picks up her baseball glove to pitch to Teddy
during his batting practice--throwing sliders down and away, fastballs
right over the middle (not too fast or he'll get mad), and hanging
curveballs high and tight.
Could baseball be Gemma's ticket to the big leagues or will it mean the
end of her family as she knows it?