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About the Book

It’s warm-up time in this newest installment in the Brinkley Yearbook series. Will Alexandra make the cut and help the historically boys baseball team defend their 9-year championship title?

Alexandra, also known as Al, has been playing baseball with her older brothers for as long as she can remember. But when she ages out of Little League, it seems like it’s the end of the road for Al and the sport she loves. Until, that is, her friend Sammy suggests that Al try out for the middle school team—a team that has always been boys-only.

Al is prepared to fight for her right to try out, but to her surprise, the coach is delighted by her interest. When Al makes the team, it seems like everything is going to work out. But with a tenth consecutive championship on the line for Brinkley Middle School and a team that can’t seem to get along, will their season ground out faster than Al can say “home run”?

Tryouts Review

Graphic novel love hits a new level with these lovable characters. As bold artwork drives the story, there are no strike outs with the engaging text. Coupled with baseball, the underlying themes include these wonderful characters finding themselves and doing what’s right for both themselves and the community. Friendship is a slam dunk – oops – wrong sport… Friendship is the grand slam that will keep you engaged throughout.

About the Author

Sarah cares deeply about encouraging young readers to discover and expand their sense of creative confidence. She studied Storytelling and Sequential Imagery at Hampshire College. Sarah worked as an educator at the Children’s Creativity Museum in San Francisco and a volunteer with 826 Valencia. As Creative Director at Lumosity, she led a team of artists working with scientists and game designers to transform problem-solving and memory skills into brain-training games. 

She is the illustrator of the first three books (Escape This Book: Titanic; Escape This Book: Tombs of Egypt; and Escape This Book: Race to the Moon) in the inventive, interactive series. Escape This Book! has been translated into eight languages. 

Tryouts, her second of four graphic novels in the Brinkley Yearbooks series, will be published in the spring of 2024. She lives in Portland, Maine.

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