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Some goals are worth falling for.
After a lifetime of humiliating sports experiences, Bea Mullins knows the best way to survive middle school is to stick to the sidelines. When PE is suddenly canceled, though, Bea is forced to join an after-school activity...which is how she ends up as a member of the Glenwood Geese, her middle school's first all-girls hockey team.
Bea would be happy sitting on the bench, but she doesn't want to let down her best friend, Celia. Plus, the more time Bea spends on the rinks, the more she comes to enjoy her teammates, especially the incredibly talented—and incredibly cool—co-captain Gabi. But when low funding puts the Geese in danger of never playing again, Bea realizes she may lose everything she didn't know she wanted.
A hilarious and heartfelt middle-grade contemporary about first crushes and fierce friendships from debut author Emily Deibert.
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Release date
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OverDrive Listen audiobook
- ISBN: 9798217016044
- File size: 219800 KB
- Duration: 07:37:53
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Languages
- English
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November 11, 2024
After Toronto’s Glenwood Middle School gymnasium floods, white-cued 12-year-old Bea Mullins, who would rather play video games than sports, thinks she’s finally found a way out of the athletic humiliation that is gym class—until school administrators encourage students to join a Glenwood-affiliated after school sports team that practices and competes in off-campus facilities. Bea’s athletic prodigy bestie, East Asian–cued Celia, persuades her to sign up for the Glenwood Geese, the school’s first all-girls ice hockey team; Bea begrudgingly agrees, if only because it’s her father and brother’s favorite sport and it provides an opportunity to spend more time with her BFF. At practice, Bea encounters ambitious Latinx teammate Gabi, who reveals that if the team can’t improve their game or secure capital through fundraising, this will be their last season. A sweet first crush and tertiary friendship drama compel Bea to examine her motivations, goals, and boundaries in Deibert’s promising sports-positive debut. Confident prose renders distinctively drawn characters alongside exhilarating hockey action, shining a light on girls in sports, specifically ice hockey. Ages 8–12. Agent: Kurestin Armada, Root Literary.
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