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Throwing Like a Girl Paperback – February 19, 2013

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“I love being on this bus with all these girls who play sports, even if Sally Fontineau, who wants to ruin my life, is half a bus in front of me. It’s not like every girl is my best friend. It’s just a thing I feel a part of. It makes everything different.”

No one asks Ella how she feels about moving halfway across the country in the middle of her sophomore year. But she ends up in Texas anyway, without plans for the weekend or friends to guide her through the alien campus of her new private school. So she decides to try out for the softball team―and she makes it! Now if only she knew how to throw, hit, and field the ball. “This is the part you can’t read in a book. You just have to do it.” Ella has a lot to learn―on and off the field.

Softball changes Ella’s life, for better and for worse. She discovers a confidence she never knew she had and makes new friends―and enemies. When Ella falls for her snotty teammate’s gorgeous brother, suddenly she isn’t just fielding balls, she’s also dodging evil glares from girls in class and on the team.

If Ella’s going to survive this year, she’ll have to set some ground rules and learn to stand up for herself―in the game and in her life.

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    10 - 13 years, from customers
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    272 pages
  3. Language
    English
  4. Grade level
    7 - 12
  5. Lexile measure
    720L
  6. Dimensions
    5.5 x 1 x 8.25 inches
  7. Publication date
    February 19, 2013
  8. ISBN-10
    0761456066
  9. ISBN-13
    978-0761456063
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Weezie Kerr Mackey grew up in a suburb of Chicago, where she began her sports career. Later, while studying English literature at Trinity College in Connecticut, she continued her athletics, playing field hockey, squash, and softball. After college, she took a job teaching P.E. and coaching girls’ field hockey, soccer, and softball at the Greenhill School in Dallas, which became the inspiration for Ella’s story in Throwing Like a Girl, her first novel. Equipped with an MFA in creative writing, she now writes, works, and lives in Wilmette, Illinois, with her husband and their two sons. Visit the author’s Web site: http://www.weeziekerrmackey.com.

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Skyscape; Reprint edition (February 19, 2013)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 272 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0761456066
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0761456063
  • Reading age ‏ : ‎ 10 - 13 years, from customers
  • Lexile measure ‏ : ‎ 720L
  • Grade level ‏ : ‎ 7 - 12
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 12 ounces
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5.5 x 1 x 8.25 inches
  • Customer Reviews:
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The youngest of four girls, Weezie Kerr Mackey was born in London, England, and grew up in Chicago. Her novel, Throwing Like a Girl, which was nominated as Best Young Adult Book, 2007, by the Texas Institute of Letters, was inspired by her time teaching PE and coaching field hockey, soccer and softball at Greenhill School. Two of her players are members of the band The Chicks.

Weezie works as a writer in the business school at Rice University and has been a writer and editor with Webster’s Dictionary, Encyclopaedia Britannica, Tootsietoy, Rotary International and Williams College Museum of Art. She was also a part-time teacher of creative writing with Writers in the Schools (WITS) for 10 years.

She holds a B.A. from Trinity College, Hartford, CT, and an M.F.A. in Creative Writing from American University in Washington, DC. She divides her time between Texas and Maine with her husband, sons and dogs.

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Kevio
5.0 out of 5 stars Great book by a great writer!
Reviewed in the United States on July 15, 2013
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I bought this book for my daughter to read on her tablet. She is only 7 but an avid reader. She loved the storyline and characters. She was able to relate and connect with Ella. Especially considering she has a cousin who plays softball for one of the top teams in the country. Highly recommended!
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john gilbert
4.0 out of 5 stars Good one
Reviewed in the United States on August 29, 2021
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Another well written book of a young woman dealing with the trauma of the journey into adulthood.

Ella has been uprooted from her home in Chicago to move to Dallas due to a new job for her father. Being in high school, with all her friends from forever back in Illinois, she feels all out of sorts.

Her salvation will be softball, which she had never played or virtually thrown a ball until moving to Texas. Through sport Ella finds a sort of place to belong, dealing with issues affecting her, and two other families she comes into contact with.

An enjoyable cast of characters, believable scenarios, I found this a most enjoyable journey.

Recommended.
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Connie V
5.0 out of 5 stars Awesome book
Reviewed in the United States on September 15, 2016
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Its an awesome book and I suggest that any softball player should read this book. Its basically all the different genres in one. I love reading stories about softball (my fav sprort) very inspiring.⚾⚾⚾⚾
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Catieunicorn
5.0 out of 5 stars Throwing Like A Girl by Weezie Kerr Mackey
Reviewed in the United States on November 1, 2013
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This is an amazing book, and I recommend it to everyone, even people who don't know much about softball. Overall, this is an amazing story of a girl who is adjusting to a new life and has an amazing adventure on the way.
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Radar626
3.0 out of 5 stars A bit of a formulaic story, but still a good read.
Reviewed in the United States on February 14, 2015
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The main character, Ella, isn't happy about her family moving from Chicago to Dallas. She doesn't want to leave her friends, but rather than act like many teens would, Ella sucks it up and soon joins the softball team. She learns to love the game and her team, and makes new friends in the process. So far, so good. And what YA novel wouldn't be complete without a little romance? In science class, Ella is paired up with the 'hot' guy in her class for a project about marriage, and this earns her the ire of the other female classmates especially Nate's (the hot guy) little sister Sally. She's a softball player too, but she doesn't like Ella. Sally tries her best to sabotage their relationship since she doesn't think Ella is right for her brother. Ella also becomes friends with Rocky, an amazing ball player who no longer plays due to family issues, though Ella wants to find a way for her to play again.

A simple review, but the book itself is rather simple. The story line is pretty predictable, moves at a decent pace, and is a very quick read. Much of the conflict comes from the at-odds relationship of Ella and Sally. It would have been nice to see a bit more of a realistic approach to Ella moving in the middle of a school year to a new school halfway across the country. Chicago is very different from Texas in so many ways - weather, culture, food, dress, activities, etc. Not in a bad way, just really different. Changing schools mid-year like Ella did and at the same age, I know what it's like being dropped in the middle of already formed cliques, people who have been friends for years, and try to fit in. Even some of the most self assured people I've known didn't transition this well. I would've preferred to see a more realistic picture of being uprooted, but then again not every book needs to be nity-gritty, fight for your life. It was refreshing to come across a plain, good old fashioned story where no one's life was at risk, society wasn't doomed, there isn't a love triangle, and the girl doesn't need a boy to rescue her.

If you are a parent looking for a clean, uplifting read for your child, this book fits that bill. There is a bit of kissing, but it is approached in a very sweet manner. There's no swearing or violence or other questionable activities in the book, and the lessons it presents are great for younger girls to learn (believe in yourself, help others, do the right thing, be self-sufficient but also understand that being part of a team is important as well). Though Ella is 15, this book is good for younger readers, too.
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Kyle McClure
5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent Book!
Reviewed in the United States on December 26, 2013
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Teenager approved. She has read this multiple times and can give a teen an opportunity to reflect on the troubles or challeneges in her own life. It makes her feel as if she isnt alone with what she is feeling.
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Daisy Carpet Cleaning
4.0 out of 5 stars Slow
Reviewed in the United States on March 31, 2013
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Weezie Kerr Mackey did a really amazing job in the middle of the book and at the end of the book,but at the start of the book things started out vary slow. It was slow pace and most readers want to start the adventure early in the book. (To me the adventure has to start early in the book or I get board. I stuck with this one because I myself play softball.)But any way Weezie Kerr Mackey did a great job with the thrillers.
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A Shopper
5.0 out of 5 stars Good book for young girls
Reviewed in the United States on February 11, 2013
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It's hard to find books that I'm comfortable letting my daughter read, so I was happy to discover this one. I know she's going to love it. I'm going to keep an eye out for more books by this author!
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