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Sliding into Home by Butler, Dori Hillestad is a work of fiction available to read on EtoBox.

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An adolescent girl learns that realizing a dream requires a good deal more than stubborn, steely resolve as she risks everything to follow her heart It & rsquo;s not fair! Thirteen-year-old Joelle Cunningham is passionate about baseball. She loves to watch it, read about it, and, most of all, play it. But when her family moves from Minneapolis to the small town of Greendale, Iowa, she quickly discovers that there are strict rules preventing her from playing on the school baseball team. At Hoover Middle School, only boys play baseball. Girls play softball. It & rsquo;s not the same sport! Joelle tries to tell everyone. But no one is listening. Not Coach Carlyle & mdash;even though his baseball team is at the bottom of the league, he doesn & rsquo;t want her on his team. Not Ms. Fenner, the softball coach & mdash;she wants Joelle to use her big-league swing to benefit the girls & rsquo; team. Not her new friend, Elizabeth, who is growing tired of her complaints. Not even Jason, her older brother, who is too busy at college to be of much help. But Joelle is determined to play baseball. And through some creative problem-solving and surprising alliances, she finds a solution to her dile

Who reads Sliding into Home?

Author

Butler, Dori Hillestad

Publisher

Peachtree Publishers

Published

2003

Language

EN

ISBN

9781561453412

Category

work of fiction

Subjects

Fiction, Literary Fiction, Juvenile

Rating

3.45 / 5 (54 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-13