Virginia Euwer Wolff
1) Bat 6
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
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In small town, post-World War Oregon, twenty-one sixth-grade girls recount the story of an annual softball game, during which one girl's bigotry comes to the surface. Set in a small Oregon town just after World War II, this is the powerful tale of a community shattered by its reaction to two young newcomers, Aki and Shazam. Told from 21 different points of view, "Bat 6" explores the subject of Japanese-American racial prejudice after the war. A Japanese...
Author
Series
Publisher
Books on Tape
Pub. Date
2009
Language
English
Description
National Book Award winner Virginia Euwer Wolff completes her award-winning Make Lemonade trilogy.
LaVaughn has struggled to get out of the projects and into nursing school. Now she’s one step away from her goal of college. But to her great shock, she discovers a few secrets that may change things.
Praise for the Make Lemonade Trilogy:
“Wolff ’s writing leaves listeners with no option but to root enthusiastically...
LaVaughn has struggled to get out of the projects and into nursing school. Now she’s one step away from her goal of college. But to her great shock, she discovers a few secrets that may change things.
Praise for the Make Lemonade Trilogy:
“Wolff ’s writing leaves listeners with no option but to root enthusiastically...
Author
Series
Publisher
Books on Tape
Pub. Date
2009
Language
English
Description
We have a multitude
of obstacles to overcome here.
We’ll begin.
When LaVaughn was little, the obstacles in her life didn’t seem so bad. If she had a fight with Myrtle or Annie, it would never last long. If she was mad at her mother, they made up by bedtime. School was simple. Boys were buddies. Everything made sense.
But LaVaughn is fifteen and the obstacles aren’t going away...
of obstacles to overcome here.
We’ll begin.
When LaVaughn was little, the obstacles in her life didn’t seem so bad. If she had a fight with Myrtle or Annie, it would never last long. If she was mad at her mother, they made up by bedtime. School was simple. Boys were buddies. Everything made sense.
But LaVaughn is fifteen and the obstacles aren’t going away...
Author
Series
Publisher
Books on Tape
Pub. Date
2009
Language
English
Description
We have a multitude
of obstacles to overcome here.
We’ll begin.
When LaVaughn was little, the obstacles in her life didn’t seem so bad. If she had a fight with Myrtle or Annie, it would never last long. If she was mad at her mother, they made up by bedtime. School was simple. Boys were buddies. Everything made sense.
But LaVaughn is fifteen and the obstacles aren’t going away...
of obstacles to overcome here.
We’ll begin.
When LaVaughn was little, the obstacles in her life didn’t seem so bad. If she had a fight with Myrtle or Annie, it would never last long. If she was mad at her mother, they made up by bedtime. School was simple. Boys were buddies. Everything made sense.
But LaVaughn is fifteen and the obstacles aren’t going away...