Pretty TOUGH
by Liz Tigelaar
by Liz Tigelaar
PRETTY TOUGH by Liz Tigelaar
Category: Contemporary
Age Recommendation: Grades 6+
Release Date: 8/2/07
Publisher: Razorbill
Reviewed by: The Compulsive Reader
Rating: 4 Stars
Charlie Brown is not a team player. This is what she tells the new soccer coach when she is recruited to play soccer on
her school's losing soccer team. And with a name like hers, you can't help but sympathize.
Charlie would rather surf all day than play on the same team as her perfect sister, Krista. The stereotypical It girl, Krista
is blond, athletic, popular, and beautiful. Everything Charlie is not, and for that reason alone, the two hate each other.
And suddenly going out for the soccer team seems like the perfect way to spite Krista. But what neither Charlie nor
Krista expected was that Charlie would actually make the team. Or that should she would stay...
PRETTY TOUGH is a novel that redefines all of those stereotypes that run deep in young adult literature. This is a novel
with an empowering message: girls can be athletic, brainy, tough, and fashionable. All the while, Tigelaar gives a strong
and unflinching look at how seemingly unimportant decisions can make a lasting effect, especially on those you love.
The true depths of the bonds of sisterhood are realized in this heartwarming and heart-pumping novel full of love,
acceptance, drama, strength, and forgiveness.
Category: Contemporary
Age Recommendation: Grades 6+
Release Date: 8/2/07
Publisher: Razorbill
Reviewed by: The Compulsive Reader
Rating: 4 Stars
Charlie Brown is not a team player. This is what she tells the new soccer coach when she is recruited to play soccer on
her school's losing soccer team. And with a name like hers, you can't help but sympathize.
Charlie would rather surf all day than play on the same team as her perfect sister, Krista. The stereotypical It girl, Krista
is blond, athletic, popular, and beautiful. Everything Charlie is not, and for that reason alone, the two hate each other.
And suddenly going out for the soccer team seems like the perfect way to spite Krista. But what neither Charlie nor
Krista expected was that Charlie would actually make the team. Or that should she would stay...
PRETTY TOUGH is a novel that redefines all of those stereotypes that run deep in young adult literature. This is a novel
with an empowering message: girls can be athletic, brainy, tough, and fashionable. All the while, Tigelaar gives a strong
and unflinching look at how seemingly unimportant decisions can make a lasting effect, especially on those you love.
The true depths of the bonds of sisterhood are realized in this heartwarming and heart-pumping novel full of love,
acceptance, drama, strength, and forgiveness.