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Reader reviewed by bookworm9

DJ Schwenk is just trying to get by-- she's failed English class and is spending the summer caring for the family dairy farm because her injured father can't. There are a lot of things that get left unsaid in the Schwenk family, but DJ finds herself opening up to Brian, a football player from the rival high school whom DJ is supposed to be training. When DJ decides she herself wants to go out for football, she knows she-- and her relationships with her family and Brian-- may never be the same... but change could be good.

This is a phenomenal book. It touches on a bunch of themes (teen romance, homosexuality, families, outsider-ness), but is mostly just a great story told by an unforgettable narrator. The sequel, The Off-Season, is just as good, and there is supposed to be a third book coming out soon.