January 03, 2016

Cherry Blossom Baseball: Book launch (Burlington, ON)

Join #youngCanLit author

Jennifer Maruno

whose books include

Kid Soldier
Dundurn
978-1-45970-677-4
208 pp.
Ages 13-15
2013


Totem
Dundurn
978-1-4597-1934-7
166 pp.
Ages 8-12
2014

and 

When Cherry Blossoms Fell & Cherry Blossom Winter
Dundurn         Dundurn
978-1-89491-783-4             978-1-45970-211-0
144 pp.     176 pp.
Ages 10-13
2009     2012


for the launch of her newest middle-grade historical fiction 
and
third book in her Cherry Blossom series

Cherry Blossom Baseball
by Jennifer Maruno
Dundurn
978-1459731660
256 pp.
Ages 10-13
December 2015

on

Sunday, January 10, 2016 
at
1:30 p.m.

at the

 Burlington Central Library
2331 New St.
Burlington, ON
L7R 1J4



The book blurb from Dundurn reads as:
Michiko Minigawa’s life is nothing but a bad game of baseball. The Canadian government swung the bat once, knocking her family away from a Vancouver home base to an old farmhouse in the Kootenay Mountains. But when they move into town, the government swings the bat again, announcing that all Japanese must now move east of the Rockies or else go to Japan. 
Now in Ontario, Michiko once again has to adjust to a whole new kind of life. She is the only Japanese student in her school, and making friends is harder than it was before. When Michiko surprises an older student with her baseball skills and he encourages her to try out for the local team, she gives it a shot. But everyone thinks this new baseball star is a boy. Michiko has to make a decision: quit playing ball (and being harassed), or pitch like she’s never pitched before.
(Retrieved from https://www.dundurn.com/books/Cherry-Blossom-Baseball on January 3, 2016.) 

Books will be available for purchase from A Different Drummer Books.  It's a great way to complete or start your Cherry Blossom collection!

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