[.ca] Dairy Queen (ISBN 0618683070)

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The only sport that D.J. will truly ever know is football, what with most of her family playing it and the cows having names like Joe Namath. The only life D.J. Schwenk is used to is the farm life. Now that her two oldest brothers are gone to college, and never seem to stay in contact with them, and her father having a bad hip, it's up to D.J. and her brother, Curtis, the one that hardly ever talks, to get things done. But this summer it looks like D.J. will be getting an extra hand from Brian Nelson, the football player from Hawley, the enemy school. Even though Brian is helping, he isn't very good at it. Let's just say his farm work is as bad as his football skills. But for some reason, everyone thinks he's the next greatest football player. What's worse is that D.J. is actually starting to like Brian, but he's the enemy and can hardly throw a ball. So what does D.J. do? Well, she starts to train Brian, since she would always have to help her brothers during football season, and maybe now Brian would see her as more than just a farm girl. That's not the only issue that D.J. has though; her mother is working two jobs to support the family and it seems like she is keeping something from them. And D.J.'s best friend isn't being so friendly anymore. And what about the idea that just so suddenly pops up into D.J.'s mind, the one that says she should try out for the football team. Let's just hope that not everyone in her town will go crazy over this idea, especially her parents. But can she do it? DAIRY QUEEN is an extremely cute coming-of-age novel. It goes against all the clichés where girls are just not good at guy sports. And D.J. is the perfect heroine, showing that anyone can do anything if they just put their mind to it. A wonderful story that is far from ice-cream -- but it still fills your heart with joy! Reviewed by: Randstostipher "tallnlankyrn" Nguyen

A nice read:
I had just finished reading some really heavy stuff and I found myself without a book. So, I went to my local bookstore and a new book in the young adults section caught my eye. It was "Dairy Queen". The title kind of turned me off, but seeing as how it was a first novel I decided to be generous and read the synopsis. Seeing as how there was absolutley nothing else to buy and it was on for a cheap price, I bought the book. And wow, am I glad I did. It was just easy to sit down and continue the story every time I stopped. I loved the characters and It was just a nice novel to read after some really deep material I had finished beforehand. Now, I am not a football fan, but I loved this book. It's for anyone who's ever felt disconnected. It's for anyone who's ever had a dream but has been to afraid to pursue it. And it's also for people who have maybe felt like they've been going with the crowd just a bit too long. We all go through life with a blanket over our eyes at sometime or another. I just loved the journey I got to take with DJ Swenk and really see through the writing of the novel how her character grows.