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    Softball Baby
    Softball Baby
    Softball Baby
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    Softball Baby

    By Chrissy Wissler

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    The words "someone" and "pregnant" spread through the gymnasium like a Southern California wildfire. Julie finds herself surrounded by the gossip, the tightly pressed bodies of her classmates.

    Everyone wondering. Everyone wanting to know the unlucky girl.

    And, as Julie discovers, the girl no one ever expected.

    A story of two friends and the unbreakable bond between them. "Softball Baby," a story in the Little League Series, offers hope even in those darkest of moments.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherBlue Cedar Publishing
    Release dateAug 1, 2012
    ISBN9781476416021
    Softball Baby
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    Chrissy Wissler

    Chrissy’s short fiction has appeared in the anthologies: Fiction River: Risk-Takers, Fiction River Presents: Legacies, Fiction River Presents: Readers' Choice, Deep Magic, and When Dreams Come True (writing as Christen Anne Kelley). She writes fantasy and science fiction, as well as a softball, contemporary series for both romance and young adult (Little League Series and Home Run). Before turning to fiction, Chrissy also wrote many nonfiction articles for publications such as Montana Outdoors, Women in the Outdoors, and Jakes Magazine. In 2009, Inside Kung Fu magazine awarded her with their ‘Writer of the Year’ award. Follow her blog on being a parent-writer at Parents and Prose.

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      Softball Baby - Chrissy Wissler

      Softball Baby

      Softball Baby

      A Little League Story

      Chrissy Wissler

      Blue Cedar Publishing

      Contents

      Chapter 1

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      About the Author

      The Little League Series

      One

      The words someone’s pregnant sprang up throughout the large gymnasium, heating and spreading like a Southern California wildfire without a cloud in sight. Julie shoved past another group of sophomore girls who practically screamed the same gossip everyone else was screaming .

      The bodies of her classmates filled up every inch of the tightly packed room and already her Sunny View practice jersey clung to her chest. Softball practice would sure be a blast today when she was already sweating and sticky.

      She spotted Paul in the crowd, half-a-head taller than everyone else, his mouth pinched and looking just as uncomfortable as she felt. Julie darted for him and grabbed hold of his arm before the crowd gave another surge and she lost sight of him.

      He barely glanced at her. All his attention was on their tubby principal and short, skinny vice principal who carried his trusty ruler like a whip to measure the length of skirts.

      You heard? he asked.

      She barely heard him over the gaggling girls behind her. Hard not to.

      Teen pregnancy happened. Everyone knew that.

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