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Like other girls / Britta Lundin.

Lundin, Britta, (author.).

Summary:
""What if I played football?" I ask. As soon as it's out of my mouth, I feel stupid. Even suggesting it feels like I've overstepped some kind of invisible line we've all agreed not to discuss. We don't talk about how Mara is different from other girls. We don't talk about how Mara is gay but no one says so. But when I do stuff like this, I worry it gets harder for us all to ignore what's right in front of us. I direct my gaze to Quinn. "What do you think?" "I think it's frickin' genius," he says. After getting kicked off the basketball team for a fight that was absolutely totally not her fault (okay maybe a little her fault), Mara is dying to find a new sport to play to prove to her coach that she can be a team player. A lifelong football fan, Mara decides to hit the gridiron with her brother, Noah, and best friend, Quinn-and she turns out to be a natural. But joining the team sets off a chain of events in her small Oregon town-and within her family-that she never could have predicted. Inspired by what they see as Mara's political statement, four other girls join the team. Now Mara's lumped in as one of the girls-one of the girls who can't throw, can't kick, and doesn't know a fullback from a linebacker. Complicating matters is the fact that Valentina, Mara's crush, is one of the new players, as is Carly, Mara's nemesis-the girl Mara fought with when she was kicked off the basketball team. What results is a coming-of-age story that is at once tear-jerking and funny, thought-provoking and real, as Mara's preconceived notions about gender, sports, sexuality, and friendship are turned upside down." -- jacket flap

Record details

  • ISBN: 9781368039925
  • ISBN: 1368039928
  • Physical Description: 373 pages ; 22 cm
  • Edition: First edition.
  • Publisher: Los Angeles : Hyperion, 2021.

Content descriptions

Target Audience Note:
Ages 14-18. Hyperion.
Grades 10-12. Hyperion.
Subject: Football stories.
Football players > Fiction.
Women football players > Fiction.
High school students > Fiction.
Lesbian teenagers > Fiction.
Sex role > Fiction.
Gender identity > Fiction.
Sexual orientation > Fiction.
Young adult fiction.
Oregon > Fiction.
Genre: Bildungsromans.
Sports fiction.
Young adult fiction.

Available copies

  • 15 of 15 copies available at SPARK Libraries. (Show)

Holds

  • 0 current holds with 15 total copies.
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Location Call Number / Copy Notes Barcode Shelving Location Status Due Date
Abington Community Library YOUNG ADULT LUNDIN (Text) 50687011741470 Young Adult Fiction Available -
Altoona Area Public Library YA LUN (Text) 33240004925502 Young Adult Fiction Available -
DuBois Public Library YA FIC LUNDIN (Text) 61000100067335 Young Adult Fiction Available -
Highland Community Library YA LUN (Text) 35610000987615 HGHM Young Adult Fiction Available -
Indian Valley Public Library Young Adult Fiction Lundin (Text) 39427103599981 Young Adult Room: Young Adult Fiction Available -
Lower Macungie Library YA LUN (Text) 33400001524456 Young Adult Fiction Available -
Martin Library Teens LUN Overcoming Odds (Text) 33454005859053 Teen Area Available -
Milton Public Library YA LUN (Text) 33226001093626 MLTM YA Fiction Available -
Nancy Kay Holmes Branch Library YOUNG ADULT LUNDIN (Text) 50686016112331 Main Floor Available -
RPL - Northeast Branch Teen Fiction Lundin (Text) 33223008821752 Teen Fiction Available -


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