Lupe and Selina Play Through the Storm

Teens

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Synopsis

Selina Andrade has the swing to go pro—if her world doesn’t fall apart first.

In the stormy heart of Monterrey, Mexico, Selina’s dreams reach beyond the shadow of her brother’s baseball legacy. She wants a future in softball, one she might actually control. When she’s recruited by Coach Lupe to play on a U.S. team, it feels like everything she’s ever wanted is finally within reach.

But ambition isn’t enough when you’re caught between cultures, secrets, and pressure from every side—family, tradition, even love. Coach Lupe is fighting her own ghosts, determined not to let another girl slip through the cracks.

As past traumas and present tensions rise, Selina and Lupe must confront what it means to lead, to sacrifice, and to believe in something bigger than themselves.

Two generations. One game. Can they play through the storm before it tears everything apart?

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Author Biography

Dr. Perez Ferguson is a cross-cultural educator and consultant. Her fiction brings to life the voices of California inhabitants living 200 years ago. She has twice won the Best YA Fiction Award from the San Francisco Writers Conference, 2021 and 2022.

Regarding Broken Promises:

"The tightly wound plot flows effortlessly from one moment to the next.... readers will find themselves inspired by the future Sparrow creates for herself and those around her." — Kirkus Reviews

Her non-fiction promotes the voices of under-represented communities in the twenty-first century. This earned her the 2014 Lacayo Lifetime Achievement Award from the United States Hispanic Leadership Institute. She is an Advisor and Former Chair for the InterAmerican Foundation and a former Visiting Lecturer for the Council for Independent Colleges. She enjoys living and writing on the Pacific coast.

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Author Insight

Selina's Secret Love Life

As lonely as Selina felt on her softball team, a message from her fiancé lifted her spirits. After all, none of the other players were engaged. She could leave the team and marry Moreno. That would solve all her problems. Or would it? This excerpt from Lupe & Selina Play Through the Storm reveals some of the struggles Selina is having in her freshman year. She has a lot to learn. Follow the life decisions of Selina and Lupe in the Lupe Throws Like a Girl Trilogy. The books are available here at Bublish.com and at all major outlets. I also invite you to follow other Latinx authors and their stories each week on my free Substack posts -- Diverse Voices, Bravo! Find those posts at anitaperezferguson.substack.com. Thanks for reading my books. I hope you enjoy your summer reading.

Book Excerpt

Lupe and Selina Play Through the Storm

Moreno wrote: Big news! The MLB scout says I am on the finalists’ list for the Pittsburgh Pirates. I may leave for their training camp in two months. Don’t tell your brother yet. Jake and your father believe I am a loser, but they are mistaken. I hope we can meet here in Mexico before I leave. Any chance that’s possible? With love and kisses, Moreno.

“A letter from home?” Keri saw Selina tuck Moreno’s letter into her bra. “Good news, I hope.”

“Great,” Selina said. “It’s from my fiancé.”

“You’re so young. I did not realize you had already become involved. Is this a secret engagement? Why did you leave him in Mexico?”

Selina tried to come up with a plausible answer. She did not trust Keri and hesitated to say anything that might get her in trouble with the coach. Leaving school and joining Moreno might be her best choice.

“Well, I don’t want the news spread around.” Selina realized the entire team would hear the news by lunchtime. She felt some happiness in having something none of them possessed—a fiancé.

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Anita Perez Ferguson

Lupe and Selina Play Through the Storm

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Author Biography

Author Insight

Selina's Secret Love Life

Book Excerpt

Lupe and Selina Play Through the Storm

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