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NO CREAM PUFFS Karen Day Hardcover | Wendy Lamb Books | 978-0-375-83775-3 | May 2008 | $15.99 | Ages 10 up Hardcover Library Binding | Wendy Lamb Books | 978-0-375-93775-0 | May 2008 | $18.99 | Ages 10 up

Twelve-year-old Madison is an uncomplicated girl with simple desires. She just wants to play baseball. Today, that wouldn’t be a big deal, but in 1980, there weren’t as many opportunities for girls . . . especially in small towns. Since there is no girl’s team, she must play with the boys. At first they scoff at her non-girlie ways, but when she starts scooping up grounders, throwing like a (gulp!) boy, and batting out of the field, they swallow their pride and realize that, with her help, they just might win the championship! Misunderstandings abound as she deals with broken friendships, her first boyfriend, and her new celebrity status. Madison spends her summer trying to figure out where the tomboy in her ends and the girl begins. A warm-hearted story with exciting baseball play-by-plays not usually found in a “chick lit” book.

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Jill Webb, Children's Librarian, Farmington Community Library, Farmington, Michigan

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