Playing with the Boys

What would you do if you suddenly had to move, leaving the life you loved behind? How would you take it if you didn't make the team of the sport you were crazy about? Could you stand to learn an entirely new sport and be on a team of people you wouldn't normally play with? Playing with the Boys by Liz Tigelaar is the perfect combination of high school drama and determination.

Fifteen-year-old Lucy Malone is being moved. Her father gave her no time to make decisions after her mother died, he just up and decided to move the two of them to sunny California, where he had a better job. Lucy's not ready to leave her friends, her school, her LIFE behind. Everything is new, the house, the school, the people, and it's not going the way she wants until she sees the sign up for the school soccer team. She makes new friends and begins to get back into something of what her life used to be like until the soccer team is posted-- and Lucy isn't on it. Despair sneaks its way into her head, but she doesn't lose her new friends. When her English teacher tells her about the boys football team needing a kicker, Lucy is amazed that she'd even be considered to join. The only problem is, even though she's a great kicker and makes the team, no one's really happy that there's a girl on the football team, and prejudice along with a few pranks and some comments make sure that Lucy's time on the field isn't easy. To make matters worse, her dad won't even let her play. Can Lucy keep her spot on the team while keeping the biggest secret from her dad?

This book shows that girls always have the determination to make it through the hard times, when they want to use it of course. What ever you guys decide to think about us and our girly needs, that's your problem. When we show you how far a little determination will go, you'll be speechless. Tigelarr puts the A in amazing through her writing, and nothing stops her or her character of Lucy.

Will Lucy survive the issues with her football teammates? Is it possible for her to become injured enough for her dad to find out her secret? Could there be everyday highschool drama that will make Lucy's life harder? Read Playing with the Boys by Liz Tigelaar and you'll be believing in girl power in no time.