DJ pretty much gave up everything to take on the family farm. There wasn't much choice really, her older brothers left after The Fight, her father is recovering from surgery and her mother is juggling two jobs at once. And who needs basketball. Or a passing grade in English?
Then one day Brian, the quarterback of the opposing high school football team (do the words mortal enemies mean anything) turns up to 'help'. Before she knows what's happening, DJ is training him, and talking with him. Then she decides she wants more in life than cows.
This is an incredibly multi-layered, complex book. There's the outer layer - DJ runs the farm, DJ helps Brian, DJ decides to try out for the football team. But underneath there's relationships between parents and children, relationships between brothers and sisters, finding out who you are in a place which isn't always open to that, forgiveness, talking - so many different levels to peel back and think about. A really great read, and probably good to pair with Joan Bauer or Sarah Dessen books.
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