Throwing Like A Girl

Throwing Like a Girl by Weezie Kerr Mackey follows Ella who starts a new school after moving to Dallas in the middle of the school year.  Ella, looking for a place to fit in decides to try out for the softball team.  The story follows her learning about the game, her teammates and new friends.

This is a nice, sweet and clean contemporary story.  There's a bit of romance but for the most part it's a sports drama.  I found myself interested throughout and finished the book quickly.

Appropriateness:  This is a clean YA novel that will be acceptable even to the most conservative of readers while still keeping a bit of edge with family drama and remaining secular.  There is no drug or alcohol use (although a bit of talk about a friend's parent being an alcoholic) the romance culminates in a fairly chaste kiss and the characters are all nice and helpful girls who care about and help their families.  I recommend this book to readers 12-16

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