Mary Wallace Middle School Softball Pitcher

By Daniel McLinden

Mary, a twelve-year-old middle school softball pitcher is murdered in a school shooting along with all her classmates and teacher in Alexandria, Virginia. Mary's father, grandfather and a family friend, steeped in grief and anger, fixate on the real culprit, NRA poster boy Senator Mitch McConnell. Mary's grandfather (Tony), a Vietnam v

• Language: English
• Publisher: Book Savvy International Inc.
• Release date: Oct 26, 2023
• ISBN: 9798891900264

Daniel McLinden

Daniel McLinden - born to World War II veterans, a Navy nurse and career Navy pilot, is the second of seven children who grew up all over the United States. The author has a BA in Spanish, MA in Spanish, and JD in law. He has practiced law as a civil trial lawyer for over thirty years, and now teaches a variety of law courses at two colleges in Los Angeles. He has lived and traveled in Mexico, and hitch-hiked through South America. When in his twenties he taught migrant workers English.

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