Key:
^ Nonfiction
# Other: Poetry, Drama, etc.
*Grade levels are based on reviews from sources such as School Library Journal, Booklist, etc. They do not necessarily represent Alan’s views on grade level appropriateness.
Softball
A Season of Comebacks by Kathy Mackel (Female Protagonist; Grades 6-9)
# Bat 6 by Virginia Euwer Wolff (Female Protagonist; Multicultural, Racism; Grades 5-8)
Far from Xanadu by Julie Anne Peters (Female Protagonist; LGBTQ; Grades 10-12)
^ Fastpitch: The Untold History of Softball and the Women Who Made the Game by Erica Westly
Game Changer by Margaret Peterson Haddix (Female Protagonist; Grades 6-9)
Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy by Gary D. Schmidt (Female Protagonist; Multicultural, Racism; Grades 5-8)
Stealing Bases: A Novel by Keri Mikulski (Female Protagonist; Grades 6-9)
Stealing Parker by Miranda Kenneally (Female Protagonist; Grades 9-12)
^ Throw like a Girl: How to Dream Big and Believe in Yourself by Jennie Finch and Ann Killion
Throwing Like a Girl by Weezie Kerr Mackey (Female Protagonist; Grades 6-9)
Under the Baseball Moon by John Ritter (Grades 7-10)