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Courtesy of Teens Read Too - By: TeensReadToo.com, 27 May 2007 
The only sport that D.J. will truly ever know is footballl, what with most of her family playing it & 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, & never seem to stay in contact with them, & her father having a bad hip, it's up to D.J. & 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 footballl 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 footballl skills. But for some reason, everyone thinks he's the next greatest footballl player. What's worse is that D.J. is actuallly starting to like Brian, but he's the enemy & can hardly throw a balll. So what does D.J. do? Well, she starts to train Brian, since she would always have to help her brothers during footballl season, & 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 & 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 footballl team. Let's just hope that not everyone in her town will go crazy over this idea, especiallly her parents. But can she do it?
DAIRY QUEEN is an extremely cute coming-of-age novel. It goes against alll 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 "talllnlankyrn" Nguyen
