The Girl Who Threw Butterflies, by Mick Cochrane
Posted by DBRLTeen on Tuesday, May 5th, 2009
Eighth Grader Molly wants to play baseball (BASEball, not SOFTball) on her school’s team. There is a girl’s softball team, but no girl’s baseball team. There is a baseball team, but since there are only boys on it, it appears to be the boy’s baseball team. DBRLTeen loves to read books about teens who do not let obstacles stand in their way! Molly tries out for the “boy’s” team, and although some (not all) of the boys try to intimidate her, she persists in following her dream. Fortunately she can (sometimes) pitch a very useful knuckleball…
So DBRLTeen recommends The Girl Who Threw Butterflies, by Mick Cochrane, because we all need to be reminded not to let others keep us from reaching our goals, AND make sure we’re not keeping others from their goals.