Lupe and Selina Play Through the Storm

Teens

synopsis

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?

bio

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.

website

Author Insight

The Wrong Man

The first year of college can be particularly lonely for a freshman student living away from home for the first time. Selina Andrade, who grew up in a wealthy family as the only daughter, aways wanted sisters. Now that she is part of an entire softball team living in a college dormitory, she feels more alone than ever. She is so alone that she may do something foolish, like eloping with the wrong young man. Find out what happens when you read Lupe & Selina Play Through the Storm. This is the second book in the Lupe Throws Like a Girl trilogy. I hope you enjoy these books and share them with others. I also invite you to meet other Latinx authors and characters each week on my free posts, Diverse Voices - Bravo! Find those stories here: https://anitaperezferguson.substack.com

Book Excerpt

Lupe and Selina Play Through the Storm

Selina stacked the contents of her closet and desk onto the floor. T-shirts, underwear, dresses, socks, purses, makeup, and shoes lay jumbled together in a pile as high as her bed. She couldn’t find her student visa. She checked every pocket, every backpack, and notebook. The missing document provided another reason for Coach Lupe’s displeasure. I have got to find it, get back to Mexico, and somehow run away with Moreno. She was making plans as she gave up hope of ever fitting in at CSULB. It was not my fault. I tried to be nice, but no one reached out to me, not even my old coach.

Buy

	Amazon
	Barnes&Noble
	Apple Books
	Kobo

Share
Follow Unfollow
Comment
x
Comment on this Bubble

Your comment and a link to this bubble will also appear in your Facebook feed.

Anita Perez Ferguson

Lupe and Selina Play Through the Storm

Synopsis

Author Biography

Author Insight

The Wrong Man

Book Excerpt

Lupe and Selina Play Through the Storm

Comment on this Bubble