My human (your librarian!) handed this book to me Friday afternoon, and asked if I wanted to read it. It is an older realistic fiction title, and book 1 of a 3-book set. But I always love the idea of a strong female protagonist (main character in the story), and in this book, DJ is a perfect lead - smart, strong, independent, and flawed...I loved her right away in this book!
DJ lives on a farm in Wisconsin, and due to family circumstances (that many of us can related to), she spends most of her awake time working the farm and going to school. She has little time for anything else, until the quarterback for the rival high school football team shows up one day wanting to "help" work the farm. His coach has sent him to get back in shape for the upcoming football season. Girl meets boy - she's a farm girl, he's a popular athlete, they attend rival high schools - things happen! Until DJ discovers that 1. She enjoys football, and 2. She's good at it! So, SHE decided to try out for her high school team!
If you like sports themes in a book, there is enough here to satisfy your love of sports. If you love a good romance, like a Jenny Han book, for example (To All the Boys I've Loved Before), you'll enjoy this as well! If you like strong, independent girls (or boys!) in your stories (like I do!), you'll like this also!
This is Murdock's first book, and the first of three in this set. The author writes DJ perfectly - sarcastic, smart, caring, trying to navigate a dysfunctional family, romance, school, life...the characters in this book have stayed in my brain long after I finished reading. That, to me, is the sign of a really good book! Read this! 4 paws and a wag!
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