This book has been vaguely on my radar for a long time, but it wasn't really a priority for me to read it since it's an older backlist title and also ugh, football. But then I had to read a Sports Book for Reading Wildly book club so I picked this one and really enjoyed it! It even made me think football was maybe kind of interesting??

I just loved DJ's voice in this and thought the family dynamic depicted here was so loving and complicated and rang so true. Ahh! Just a really solid realistic YA story that is maybe a tiny bit dated now (due to cell phone issues and LGBTQ handling) but not so bad (due to circumstances of small town/poor characters). Would definitely still hand to a teen today--esp a girl looking for a book about a girl playing sports, but honestly there's plenty here for even a non-sports-enthusiast like myself.