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One strike away. One bad throw.
One broken team.
Hope was sure this would be the summer the Lady Phoenix finally hoisted the championship trophy. Instead, she’s left standing in the red dust of a crushing defeat, watching her teammates—and her best friends—shatter into pieces.
Now, sixth grade is starting, and the “social scoreboard” of middle school is even more brutal than the softball field.
Hope is stuck in a classroom “quad” with teammates who won’t even look at each other, while the rival Vipers never let them forget the game they threw away.
As the team captain, Hope feels like she’s leading a group of ghosts. But between a teacher who insists on the “Journal of Truth” and a coach who sees the team as one body, Hope begins to realize that “rising from the ashes” isn’t about a better swing or a faster pitch. It’s about finding the courage to speak up when it’s easier to stay silent and learning that her value doesn’t come from a trophy, but from Whose she is.
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