In "Playing for Keeps" by Joan Lowery Nixon, the story follows a teenage girl named Amy who is determined to solve a mystery that surrounds her father's past. After her family's recent move, Amy discovers an old baseball glove belonging to her late mother. This discovery sets off a chain of events that leads her to uncover secrets intertwined with a local legend and her family's history. As she navigates friendships, budding romance, and the challenges of adolescence, Amy learns about loyalty, devotion, and the importance of facing one's fears while piecing together the story hidden in her family's legacy. [Generated by language model - please report any problems].

This book is the winner of numerous awards

This book is aimed at children in year 8.

There are 208 pages in this book.

It is aimed at Young Adult readers. The term Young Adult (YA) is used for books which have the following characteristics: (1) aimed at ages 12-18 years, US grades 7-12, UK school years 8-15, (2) around 50-75k words long, (3) main character is aged 12-18 years, (4) topics include self-reflection, internal conflict vs external, analyzing life and its meaning, (5) point of view is often in the first person, and (6) swearing, violence, romance and sexuality are allowed.

This book was published in 2007 by Laurel Leaf Library .

Joan Lowery Nixon was the author of more than 130 books for young readers and was the only four-time winner of the Edgar Allan Poe Best Young Adult Mystery Award. She received the award for The Kidnapping of Christina Lattimore , The S ance , The Name of the Game Was Murder , and The Other Side of the Dark , which also won the California Young Reader Medal. Her historical fiction included the award-winning series The Orphan Train Adventures, Orphan Train Children, and Colonial Williamsburg: Young Americans.