Playing with the boys

Playing With the Boys by Liz Tigelaar is a fantastic book. It brings up an issue of gender equality in football, it being a guys sport and no girls allowed. Lucy is the new girl in school and coming for Ohio to California it's difficult for her to make any friends. When she learned of the soccer tryouts she decided to tryout. Only having one friend, she was desperate for some friends and wanted any that would come her way. She doesn't end up making the team but the coach tells her to try out for the football team as their new kicker. This new experience gives her a new sense of security that she hasn't had in some time after her mother died. No one on the team, the coaches, teammates, and even her dad wants her on the team even after seeing that she's good. After some time everyone accepts her and she becomes apart of the team. The rest is for you to find out for yourself, this book is a fantastic easy read.