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It's senior year, 1972, and John Light has one last season on the mound to lead his Wrencher College team to a title and boost his status in the professional baseball draft. But one thing stands in the way: John's diamond dreams have taken a back seat to the counterculture's quest to demand a better world. When a fellow student with militant connections offers John a chance to take on a bigger role among the activists, it comes at a cost: Will enlisting in a mass movement for social justice strip away John's individuality, not to mention his burgeoning romantic relationship and a conference championship? Pitching to Giraffes is a warmhearted exploration of one man's search for balance between his pursuit of on-field success and off-field meaning and belonging amidst an era of thrilling social upheaval. Readers from teens to adults will appreciate the thrilling mix of authentic game action and true-to-life campus rallies, protests, and rebellion; as will any reader looking to see how issues of the past relate to today's cultural and political landscape.

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A lifelong Michigander, I earned degrees in pharmacy and English while pitching on my college baseball team during the same exciting, turbulent times my narrator navigates. And I'm amazed how relevant the issue then are to the issues now.

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