The Girl Who Threw Butterflies

What a great book to read as the Giants are working hard to become this year’s National League entry in the World Series. Knowing about baseball is not a requirement for enjoying ‘The Girl Who Threw Butterflies,’ however. A supporting character, Celia, could care less about baseball, and Celia is ju......more

As eighth grader Molly Williams struggles to come to terms with the recent death of her father, killed in a car accident a number of months before, and to deal with her distant mother, who seems to be going through the motions of life on autopilot, she finds in baseball - her father's passion, and h......more

Mick Cochrane is the author of “The Girl Who Threw Butterflies,” a young adult sports fiction novel. The story follows the life of a middle school girl who loves baseball. Molly Williams, the main character, must deal with the loss of her father after he died in a tragic accident. Her relationship w......more

So, a story about a girl who tries out for the boys' baseball team... nothing new here, right? Soooo wrong! This is the sweetest, most touching story I have read in a while. While she struggles with normal 8th grade stuff, she also struggles with the death of her father and the aloofness of her moth......more

"The most important stuff, what was closest to the bone, was just what you never talked about. There were no words for it...The trivial and silly is what you spend your day chatting about. You could ask your friends how they liked your hair, but you could never ask them what you really wanted to kno......more