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    Fly Away
    Fly Away
    Fly Away
    Ebook26 pages13 minutes

    Fly Away

    By Chrissy Wissler

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    The softball world considers Elizabeth as royalty. Her dad, a professional baseball player, and her adopted mom, a softball legend. For Elizabeth, and college, nothing but stars in her future.

    If, she even wants it.

    If, she looks deep within herself to reach those stars.

    When it comes to dreams and taking chances, no story beats the Little League Series. If you love, "Fly Away," then check out the novel, "Home Run," to see how Elizabeth and her parents found each other and renewed their love of the game.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherBlue Cedar Publishing
    Release dateAug 7, 2011
    ISBN9781466049680
    Fly Away
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    Chrissy Wissler

    Chrissy’s short fiction has appeared in the anthologies: Fiction River: Risk-Takers, Fiction River Presents: Legacies, Fiction River Presents: Readers' Choice, Deep Magic, and When Dreams Come True (writing as Christen Anne Kelley). She writes fantasy and science fiction, as well as a softball, contemporary series for both romance and young adult (Little League Series and Home Run). Before turning to fiction, Chrissy also wrote many nonfiction articles for publications such as Montana Outdoors, Women in the Outdoors, and Jakes Magazine. In 2009, Inside Kung Fu magazine awarded her with their ‘Writer of the Year’ award. Follow her blog on being a parent-writer at Parents and Prose.

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      Fly Away - Chrissy Wissler

      Fly Away

      Fly Away

      A Little League Story

      Chrissy Wissler

      Blue Cedar Publishing

      Contents

      Chapter 1

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      About the Author

      The Little League Series

      One

      Elizabeth tossed her overnight bag in the back of Laurie’s truck. Then with a quick glance at Dad's estate, shoved her softball glove inside .

      Sure, the rules were pretty clear. She wasn't technically allowed to practice with any college teams, but what if she just happened to have her glove nearby?

      Like, in her bag? And what if she happened to swing a bat and somehow managed to hit a ball? A ball which also happened to be nearby.

      Surely there wasn't anything against the rules about that.

      Before she could change her mind and convince herself she shouldn't break the rules, Elizabeth zipped the bag shut, and then smiled for about the fourteenth time that day. They were finally going; she was finally going—her first college visit.

      This wasn’t just any visit. This was what every senior softball player dreamed of—an all-expenses paid trip with an inside look at the campus, and most importantly a chance to meet her potential-future softball teammates.

      If they liked her, and if she liked them in return. Elizabeth slammed the tailgate closed and spun, letting her long skirt twirl around her.

      All these years of practice and playing in nonstop tournaments and she was finally—finally—here.

      Elizabeth glimpsed someone out of the corner of her eye and froze

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