Double Play (Lorimer Sports Stories)

Allie loves baseball. It's the one thing that has been consistent in her lately complicated life. Allie's father left recently, and now Allie has a new family—her mother's new girlfriend, Phyllis, and Phyllis's son, Miles, have moved in. It's taking some adjustment, mostly because Miles seems determined to get under her skin. Things start looking up when Allie gets invited to join the boys' baseball team as their new pitcher. But then Miles announces that he's quitting the boys' team and trying out for Allie's old team—a girls' team!

Allie is sure he's doing it just to annoy her, but Miles insists that he just likes the girls' style of play better. As Allie struggles to find her place on the boys' team, she starts to see that Miles is just trying to fit in as well, and that it may be even harder for him than it has been for her.