The story of eleven-year-old Caroline Panski, growing up in 1950’s Baltimore with the unusual dream to play ice hockey. But, as the neighborhood boys—and her mother—tell her: Boys play hockey; girls figure skate. Caroline is not one to give up on anything easily. She navigates her little world with will and determination. But her little world is soon made much bigger by the fact that her father is fighting in Korea, and when her school is integrated, she develops a crush on an African-American classmate."

 

 

Bestselling Middle Grade author Elissa Brent Weissman says this about Spitfire:

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"Caroline Panski defies the norms--and the odds--to be the fiercest girl on ice! Moving, relevant, and utterly engaging, Spitfire inspires us all to fight for what matters: friendship and love."