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    Prom Dates & Softball Bats: The Little League Series, #1
    Prom Dates & Softball Bats: The Little League Series, #1
    Prom Dates & Softball Bats: The Little League Series, #1
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    Prom Dates & Softball Bats: The Little League Series, #1

    By Chrissy Wissler

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    Jenny, like any good pitcher, knows when to throw at a batter. When to throw a fastball. And when to drop and cover.

    Like now.

    Especially as big, meaty Lacey glares at her. Hands the size of bear paws, and the entire softball team saying in pretty clear words:

    Go. Home.

    The short story that inspired the novel, "Swing Away." A story of friendship, finding your own place, and just maybe, a date to the prom.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherBlue Cedar Publishing
    Release dateJan 5, 2018
    ISBN9781386886594
    Prom Dates & Softball Bats: The Little League Series, #1
    Author

    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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      Prom Dates & Softball Bats - Chrissy Wissler

      Prom Dates & Softball Bats

      Prom Dates & Softball Bats

      A Little League Story

      Chrissy Wissler

      Blue Cedar Publishing

      Contents

      Chapter 1

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      About the Author

      The Little League Series

      One

      Jenny, like any good pitcher, knew when to throw at a batter, knew when to throw a change-up pitch, and more importantly, knew her reflexes were top-notch for those line drive hits smacked right back at her head. And yes, like any good pitcher, she’d had plenty of practice .

      With Sunny View High School star player Lacey Starr (convenient last name, huh?) towering over Jenny, all six feet of legs and pure muscle, clenching the softball in her meaty paw, Jenny knew it was time to back down.

      At least this particular show-down hadn’t occurred in the middle of a game. Of course, having the coach arrive on time for try-outs would be nice.

      This is my team, Lacey growled. We don’t need some little upstart transfer kid playing on our field. We don’t need you and we sure as hell don’t want you.

      Her little posse—which also conveniently consisted of the entire team, including the lowly freshman bench warmers—snickered behind Lacey. A few even smacked fist into gloves for good measure.

      I’m here for the try-out. Jenny had the flyer safely tucked in her bat bag. She’d been through this routine before and would go through it again. The posting said ‘Walk-Ons Welcome’ unless Coach Steele changed her mind?

      Lacey frowned, her fingers twitching at her side.

      Damn. Jenny hadn’t even thrown a ball yet and

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