Playing With The Boys by Nicole Leigh Shepherd


New girl Lucy is desperate for friends. She tries out for Beachwood High soccer, but despite her amazingly accurate kick, fails to make the team. When the Coach points out that varsity football is looking for a new kicker, Lucy is skeptical. Football? Isn’t that a boys’ game?

But on the gridiron, Lucy discovers that she feels strong?in control for the first time since her mother died. She loves football. She actually wants to play! (She also wants to hang out with super-cute quarterback Ryan Conner. But that’s just icing on the cake.)

Too bad no one else wants her on the team. Not the boys? coach, not her teammates, and especially not her overprotective dad. Will Lucy cave into the pressure? Or will she prove she’s pretty tough after all?

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Amazon Review

I am in my late 20s and for some reason have fallen in love with this series. I think reading these books has helped me give closure to my own awkward teen years, and I have truly found myself a part of each of these characters. It’s a fun, fast paced series that makes you laugh, cry, cringe, and gives you hope. I am giving this series to my niece because she’s just now starting those awkward years, and I know how hard I struggled to find a place to belong while growing up.

It’s nice to read about good role models in teachers and coaches–sometimes they don’t exist in real life–parents who are also trying to figure out the whole parenting thing, and high schoolers learning from their mistakes (although that sometimes doesn’t happen while still in high school).