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by Barbara L. Clanton
by Barbara L. Clanton
Addie Coleburn, fresh out of the sixth grade, is spending the summer at her grandmother’s house in Syracuse with her mother and brother. Kimi Takahashi, a girl who lives up the street, invites Addie to go to the park and play lacrosse. Addie hasn’t the first clue what lacrosse is and would rather sit on Grandma’s front porch eating potato chips, drinking sodas, and reading books. But then again, spending the summer dealing with her younger brother isn’t that appealing, either, so she goes to the park with Kimi. Within a week, she’s hooked on lacrosse. She’s overweight and can’t keep up with the faster stronger girls. She has to find a way to lose her excess weight and lose it fast or risk getting cut from the team.
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Dragonfeather Books
for ages 9 and above
166 pp. ● 5×7.75
$9.95 (pb) ● $6.99 (eb)
ISBN 978-1-943837-50-2 (pb)
JUVENILE FICTION – Sports & Recreation
- Lacrosse
Publication date: October 1, 2016
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.
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