Synopsis Fifteen-year-old Wisconsin farm girl D.J. Schwenk has too much responsibility on the family dairy farm, a hopeless crush, and best friend issues in this humorous and honest coming-of-age young adult novel. Due to her father's bum hip, D.J. spends all of her time working on the farm stewing with resentment, and family tension about a big fight with her older brothers isn't helping. But when Brian Nelson, one of the wealthy star players on her town's rival team, comes to help out, D.J. ends up training with him. After watching her older brothers train for years, it's a snap. But could her secret plan to try out for the football team threatens to upend all the relationships in her world? A Kirkus Best Children's Book of 2006.
| Details | | Publication Date: | 2006-05-23 | | Narrated by: | Natalie Y. Moore | | Edition Description: | Unabridged |
| Size | | Height: | 6.3 in | | Width: | 5.5 in | | Thickness: | 1.0 in | | Weight: | 5.6 oz |
Publisher's Note After spending her summer running the family farm and training the quarterback for her school's rival football team, sixteen-year-old D.J. decides to go out for the sport herself, not anticipating the reactions of those around her. Simultaneous.
Industry Reviews "A fresh teen voice, great football action and cows--this novel rocks." (04/15/2006)
"Thanks to Title IX, a whole generation of boys and girls is growing up playing sports together, and seeing themselves, and one another, in a whole new way. Murdock captures that hopeful phenomenon beautifully in her delightful novel." (06/18/2006)
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