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    Lady Tigers in the Concrete Jungle

    By Dibs Baer

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    Violence was a way of life for the girls of Mott Middle School in the South Bronx. Some woke up to it at home, and others dodged it on the way to school. Vicious physical fights broke out in classrooms, hallways, and bathrooms. These girls filed their fingernails into sharp points because they had to be ready to go at any time. Then a new coach joined the ranks at Mott Middle, and a new program began: girl's softball. Astacio offers the girls the time and attention they need to take their first steps to success. As they learned to throw, hit and field, they also dealt with the foul balls life threw at them: unwanted pregnancies, abusive boyfriends, and unsupportive families. But the biggest challenge they faced was learning to think and act like a team, not just a bunch of fierce girls against each other—and the world. Lady Tigers is a story of coming together with faith, courage, and new-found values to overcome fear, violence, and doubt. These girls have ushered in a new confidence and pride not only in themselves, but in their school, the faculty, and their friends. And while not all of them have continued down this new path, many are now the first in their families to go to college and are beginning to see how being a Lady Tiger will always be a part of their lives.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherPegasus Books
    Release dateOct 1, 2019
    ISBN9781643132907
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    Dibs Baer

    Dibs Baer is an entertainment writer and the author of Lady Tigers in the Concrete Jungle. Baer is also the coauthor, with Courtney Robertson, of The New York Times bestseller I Didn't Come Here to Make Friends, as well as Everybody Curses, I Swear! with Carrie Keagan, and Wifey 101 with Jamie Otis.

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      Every once in a while a book like this comes along. A book that not only tugs at the heartstrings, a book one won't easily forget, but one that provides hope. Hope and the reality that it is possible for one person to make a difference. The girls in this book are middle schoolers at one of the poorest schools in the Bronx. It is located in the middle of a baby infested neighborhood, and fights and gunshots are a fact of their lives. Not only is it dangerous on the outside, but for many their homes are also full of abuse, drugs and alcoholism. They go to school but they are unruly, culture, mean, mouthy and few actually attend classes nor do the work. The teachers don't stay long, nor do the principals. That is until a new teacher comes, a teacher some will soon call Coach, a teacher who feels for these forgotten girls and actually does something to help.This is their story, a Coach who risked his own health and marriage because he cared. The girls change so much throughout this book it is a wonder to behold. By books end one feels they know these girls as the author does a fantastic job showing us who they are and the lives they led in and out of school. It is just heartbreaking to read how some children are forgotten, not deemed worthy without investigating why they are the way they appear. How some schools are so poorly funded there is not even money for balls and hats, let along gloves. An eye opening read, but a redemptive one. Well done, Mr. Baer, like the Coach himself and his Lady Tigers, you made me care.ARC from Netgalley.