TY - BOOK AU - Krishnaswami,Uma TI - Step up to the plate, Maria Singh SN - 9781600602610 (hardback) AV - PZ7.K8975 Ste 2017 U1 - FIC KRI KW - World War, 1939-1945 KW - Juvenile fiction KW - Fiction KW - Farm life KW - California KW - Softball KW - East Indian Americans KW - Mexican Americans KW - Racially mixed people KW - History KW - 20th century N2 - "Nine-year-old Maria Singh learns to play softball just like her heroes in the All-American Girls' League, while her parents and neighbors are struggling through World War II, working for India's independence, and trying to stay on their farmland"-- ER -