Sixth grader Mackenzie Kelly’s first love was soccer until her best friend, Ashley, talked her into playing summer softball. Now Mack is eager to be on her school’s softball team and dreams of playing in the Olympics with her idol, Cat Osterman.
Mack is struggling to keep her grades up in English and has to be taken off the team. With the help of her coach, Mack discovers she has dyslexia and is determined to overcome it enough to get back on the team. When she learns softball has been cut from the Olympics, she’s determined somehow to get it back into the Olympic Games so she can fulfill her dream.
Bases Loaded will keep readers cheering as Mack takes her place in center field and follows her dreams.
“I just wanted to let you know I received the book and I think it is FANTASTIC!” – Jessica Mendoza, US Olympic Softball Team
“Thank you, Ms. Clanton, for helping me to spread the word about softball.” – Jamie Gray, http://www.savesoftball.com
Dragonfeather Books
for ages 9 and up
152 pp. ● 5.5x8.5
$11.95 (pb) ● $6.95 (eb)
ISBN 978-1-960373-35-9 (pb)
JUVENILE FICTION – Sports & Recreation
- Baseball & Softball
Softball – Juvenile fiction
Dyslexia – Juvenile fiction
Barbara L. Clanton is a native New Yorker who left those “New York minutes” for the slower-paced palm-tree-filled life in Orlando, Florida. While still in school, she played any sport she could find: softball, volleyball, basketball, and field hockey. She could even be found in the upstairs gym playing team handball with her friends during high school. She played softball at Princeton and was the captain her senior year. She spent most of her adult years teaching mathematics at college preparatory schools and coaching softball and basketball in Florida and New York. She played softball well beyond the time anyone should have but has also picked up a new passion! “Dr. Barb” has played the bass guitar in various pop-rock bands in Central Florida. Her writing credits include the Clarksonville young adult series about four high school girls coming out as lesbians. She is also proud of her girls’ sports stories in the Bedazzled Ink’s Title IX series from their Dragonfeather Books imprint.