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The Door of No Return (Book 2)
12-year old Charley Cuffey is the best pitcher in Lee's Mill. Set on becoming the first female pitcher to play professional ball, Charley doesn't need reminders to know she has lofty dreams for a Black girl in the American South. Even so, Nana Kofi's thrilling stories about courageous ancestors and epic journeys make it impossible not to dream big. When Charley challenges a neighborhood bully to a game at the church picnic, she knows she can win. But when the picnic spills over onto their ball field, she makes a fateful decision. A child cannot protect herself if she does not know her history, and Charley's choice brings consequences she never could have imagined.