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My Thirteenth Season

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I loved this book, and so did my 11-year-old daughter. I asked my daughter what she liked about it, and she said, "Fran is so cool, and what happened to her could really happen. I loved it!" My translation: the characters ring true to a kid this age, and Fran is a sympathetic heroine kids will root for.

My two girls loved that Fran was strong and smart. They both have had a belly full of the stereo types of girls and are relieved that there is a well written story that speaks to them. I enjoyed reading it, too! My family highly recommends this book.

This book didn't have much substance to it. It was very boring and is hard to relate to. If you're a teenage girl and you want to read something exciting, don't waste your time on this book.

My 13th Season is a book about a young yet mature girl named Franny Culler. Franny is on an all boys softball team and tends to be the laughing stock of the team so decides that she is tired of dealing with all of the boys and is going to do something about it. This book is perfect for fifth and sixth grade girls who are very into sports and need that extra encouragement to do what they want even if they are not accepted right away!
Franny's father had always coached her softball team until her mother passed away leaving Mr. Culler in a very deep depression and Franny a mature thirteen year old. Since her father no longer coached her team she was on a team with Coach Foster. Coach Foster did not like that there was a girl on the team and frequently encouraged the boys on the team to pick on her.
One day the team was learning how to get hit by the ball and just shrug it off. Coach Foster used Franny as the example and threw the ball as hard as he would have at one of the boys, if not even harder. This hit made it harder for her to focus; she began to flinch at pitches, which was unlike Franny because she was one of the Highwater Hardwares best players.
After getting hit by the example pitch Franny got very irritated and decided she was going to ruin everything for the team. She began to purposely miss easy catches, bunt at the wrong time, and strike out. Franny began losing all of her friends and family due to her strong interest in baseball and was going to ruin her own dream of becoming the world's first girl professional baseball player if no one was going to help her change her attitude towards the Hardwares'.
Just when Franny falls into a deep slump, her father finally chimes in to his daughters needs and decides to finish coaching the team. All of a Steven, Franny's best friend and teammate, along the rest of the boys ask for her help to win a very important game...
I don't want to ruin the rest of the book so you are going to have to read it to figure out what happens in the end!

Fran is so super cool! I mean she just totally kicked the baseball boys butts and they knew it. I wish I could be as good at baseball as she is to teach my brothers not to tease me about not being able to hit as far as them. I really liked how no matter how much the boys on the team were mean to her that she was sooooooooo strong, she stood up to them. And how much they needed her on the team. I was like, you go girl when (well, I shouldn't tell you too much). But for sure, I'd totally be her friend if she went to my school.

Fran is so super cool! I mean she just totally kicked the baseball boys butts and they knew it. I wish I could be as good at baseball as she is to teach my brothers not to tease me about not being able to hit as far as them. I really liked how no matter how much the boys on the team were mean to her that she was sooooooooo strong, she stood up to them. And how much they needed her on the team. I was like, you go girl when (well, I shouldn't tell you too much). But for sure, I'd totally be her friend if she went to my school.

This writer knows her baseball and fits it perfectly, seamlessly, into a story with a big heart. Fran's life has been turned upside down, but at least she's got baseball. Then even that doesn't seem to be working. A fast read with lots of substance to it. And just when things can't get much worse, they do. That's a sign of a truly good read.