The Football Girl

Reviewed by: Mary Lehmer - Freeport Community Library, Freeport, Southern Maine Library District

Review Date: September 13, 2017

Review

Tessa has been playing football with her friends forever. Now that they are going to high school that is starting to change. They want her to give it up and do something else because it isn't a sport girls play. But Tessa has other plans. There are some great moments in here between Tessa and her new friend turned boyfriend Caleb. The pressure both come under from family and friends on how they should act and what they do with Tessa's desire to play on the high school football team, seemed very real. Tessa herself is an interesting character that seems unsure of why she wants something other than she does, something lots of us will identify with. The ending is a bit disappointing though, not because of Tessa's choice but because it felt rushed and not as thoughtful as Tessa was throughout the book. Very Good

Overall Book Score: very good