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Type of bind: Hardcover
EAN num: 9780375837753
ISBN number: 0375837752
Label: Wendy Lamb Books
Manufacturer: Wendy Lamb Books
Quantity: 1
Page Count: 224
Printing Date: May 13, 2008
Publishing house: Wendy Lamb Books
Age index: Ages 9-12
Release Date: May 13, 2008
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MADISON IS NOT your average 12-year-old girl from Michigan in 1980. She doesn’t use lipgloss, but she loves to play sports, and joins baseball for the summer—the very first girl in Southern Michigan to play on a boys’ team. The press call her a star and a trailblazer, but Madison just wants to play ball. Who knew it would be so much pressure? Crowds flock to the games. Her team will win the championship—if she can keep up her pitching streak. Meanwhile, she’s got a crush on a fellow player, her best friend abandons her for the popular girls, the “O” on her Hinton’s uniform forms a bulls-eye over her left breast, and the boy she punched on the last day of school plans to bean her in the championship game.
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Madison is one stressed out twelve-year-old.
This summer will be her very first playing baseball for the town league. That may not be such a big deal if she wasn't the very first girl in the town to do it.
Madison is really good at baseball and loves to play it because it's fun. However, after the very first few games, the fun part becomes harder and harder to find. The crowds of people coming to watch the games get bigger and there are articles in the newspaper calling her names like "trailblazer."
All of the attention is making Madison nervous, and since she's in a fight with her best friend, Sara, she has no one she can talk to about it. Well, except for the ex-rockstar who's staying subsequent door.
NO CREAM PUFFS is a great coming-of-age tale that young girls will love. Karen Day knows exactly what girls are going through and how to get the message through that you're not alone.
Reviewed Author name: Michaela Pallante aka "Mickey"
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I loved this book a little more than Tall Tales which I also liked. Do you suspect that Karen Day pitched on a boys little league team?
Daddy Day
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What a joy to read a book that is so interesting and fun. It can be enjoyed by people of all ages, including baseball players.
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In the summer of 1980, Madison becomes the very first girl in Southern Michigan to join a boys' baseball team. Though some of the other players are more friendly than others, they don't exactly welcome her with open arms. Once they see her play, she earns both their respect and their jealousy. Townspeople start writing letters to the editor of the local paper, expressing their positive or negative thoughts about having a girl on the team, and Madison doesn't know what to say when reporters interview her. After Madison's old friends pull away from her, she finds new friends on the team - one of whom is her very first crush, while another might have a crush on her.
No Cream Puffs is a sweet treat. Even with all of the media coverage, Madison never develops an ego and never thinks she's the bee's knees. She doesn't want to make waves; she just wants to play ball and be treated fairly. I highly recommend this book to middle school athletes of both genders and to parents and coaches.
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What exactly is so compelling about No Cram Puffs? I have many answers. Primarily, it the immensely likable main character, Madison. We relish in rooting for Madison as she tries to sort out a mess of conflicting loyalties - baseball vs. popularity; fitting in vs. being true to your own ideas and desires; hardworking, present Mom vs. absent, idealized Dad; friendship vs. romance; and those are just a few. It is also that, a mere seven lines into the very first chapter, Day reminds us so uncannily about the confusion of adolescence. She has certainly confirmed, for fans of her earlier offering, Tall Tales, that her unerring ability to convincingly write adolescent narration was no fluke. The story is also compelling in its supporting characters, from her loving but imperfect family, to her relationships with her fellow baseball team members, to the poignantly absent best friend, to a couple of surprising characters who skirt the periphery of her life (I won't spoil their impact by revealing here!) In the end, though, buy the book for the reason I can state in five simple words - it's a walloping good read!
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