Lupe Throws Like A Girl

Teens

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Synopsis

Lupe Lopez has a big dream - to be the first in her family to graduate high school and earn a softball scholarship. But when she and her best friend Penny discover they're short on required community service hours, Lupe's college dreams are in jeopardy. Reluctantly, Lupe volunteers at the Villa Santa Barbara retirement home. There she meets Mr. Ramirez, a baseball fanatic who introduces her to the ghost of Hall of Famer, Roberto Clemente and teaches Lupe about empathy and the importance of community. At the same time, Lupe's softball team is on a losing streak, putting their chances of earning scholarships at risk. The pressure builds as Lupe also struggles to support her brother after an accident. Throughout this coming-of-age story set in 1990's Santa Barbara, Lupe grapples with her identity as a Latina athlete and the expectations placed on her both on and off the field. With memorable characters and themes of family, friendship, and perseverance, Lupe Throws Like a Girl is a heartwarming young adult novel that reminds us of the power of sports to unite people. If you love stories of self-discovery, the bonds of community, and the challenges faced by young women in sports, you'll be captivated by Lupe's journey. Join her as she learns the true meaning of strength, empathy, and achieving one's dreams against all odds.

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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

Rundown Neighborhood

What is the best part of your community...and the worst? In this excerpt Lupe Lopez heads to a ballpark that is unkept, covered in dry grass and dirt, and has families picnicking on the infield. Lupe Throws Like A Girl follows the life of a high school senior whose lifeline out of poverty is softball. Her challenges multiply when her father passes away and her brother is arrested. Join us at the ballpark by reading Lupe Throws Like A Girl, book one in an exciting trilogy. It is available here at Bublish.com and all major outlets. I also invite you to join me each week for a free update on other Latinx authors and their stories. Find it at Diverse Authors - Bravo! anitaperezferguson.substack.com

Book Excerpt

Lupe Throws Like A Girl

Lupe rushed off campus, forgetting she didn’t have a way to get to the East Side Field and return in time for the game. The Chevy was impounded. She would wear herself out completely if she tried to run twenty blocks down and twenty blocks back. She spotted a guy from her history class getting in his car and walked toward him, intending to ask him for a ride but chickened out at the last moment. Then she heard a familiar engine approaching.

The most uncool thing a graduating senior could do was ride on the public bus. But what did she care if anyone saw her? This was the last day of school, her brother was in jail, and she was on her way to pick a fight with a ghost. She dug in her bag for her old bus pass, unused since the season began.

The bus route went right to the East Side Field. It was in a neighborhood with houses that were even smaller than hers. After school and weekend games were played here, the Boys & Girls Club games, and sometimes the YMCA kids. The place was packed.

There were no uniforms, but somehow the players and even the coaches and parents all looked the same: short, dark, and not too fit. These kids played in anything they happened to have on. She walked behind a dugout, really just a splintery bench, and could see that all the equipment was mismatched and beaten up.

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Anita Perez Ferguson

Lupe Throws Like A Girl

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Rundown Neighborhood

Book Excerpt

Lupe Throws Like A Girl

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