A Season of Daring Greatly

Reviewed by: Sheila Dube - Springvale Public Library, Springvale, Southern Maine Library District

Review Date: September 18, 2017

Review

Jill Cafferty is about to make history by being the first women to be drafted to the Pittsburg Pirates baseball team, directly out of high school, no less. The pressure to be a role model for all the little girls and to continue to refute the nay-sayers inside and outside of the team makes her question whether she should have just accepted the scholarship to Stanford. Flanked by likeable, albeit sexually biased, male baseball players, she breaks into the team with politeness, humor and focus. Some of the loneliness of traveling and the strict rules required in the baseball business are illustrated. At times, the details of her physical training and the moment to moment press itinerary made the pace of the story wane a bit. Jill is a strong character with a sense of humor that reads older then her eighteen years, but readers will be inspired and can forgive that little quirk.

Overall Book Score: very good