First published 2020
Lupe Wong has her future mapped out. She will become the first female pitcher in Major League Baseball. She has spent her young life standing up for what matters, from pushing schools to expand racial identity options on tests to writing the BBC about gaps between Doctor Who seasons. Now she faces her biggest challenge yet. Lupe needs straight A grades to earn a meeting with Fu Li Hernandez, her baseball hero who shares her Chinacan and Mexinese heritage. But gym class threatens everything when square dancing appears on the curriculum. Lupe refuses to accept this disaster quietly. She must find a way around the dancing requirement without sacrificing her perfect grades or her dreams of following in Fu Li Hernandez's footsteps.
Genres: american-fiction, coming-of-age, contemporary, baseball, 21st-century, activism
Vibes: intimate, thought-provoking, whimsical
Tropes: fish-out-of-water, found-family
256 pages · Hardcover · Levine Querido