Dairy Queen
by Catherine Gilbert Murdock
by Catherine Gilbert Murdock
DAIRY QUEEN by Catherine Gilbert Murdock
Category: Contemporary
Age Recommendation: Grades 9+
Release Date: 5/07
Publisher: Graphia
Reviewed by: Randstostipher "tallnlankyrn" Nguyen
Rating: 5 Stars
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!
Category: Contemporary
Age Recommendation: Grades 9+
Release Date: 5/07
Publisher: Graphia
Reviewed by: Randstostipher "tallnlankyrn" Nguyen
Rating: 5 Stars
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!