All's Fair in Love and Field Hockey
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3.3 • 4 Ratings
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- $8.99
Publisher Description
After a heated rivalry turns into an unexpected truce, two rival field hockey stars discover something deeper than competition between them in this queer YA romance perfect for fans of She Drives Me Crazy and Cleat Cute!
"A masterclass in romantic tension."—Becky Albertalli, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda
Evelyn was raised to see field hockey as war.
Before she could write her own name, her family’s legacy on the field was already spelled out. Every step Evelyn takes toward glory is within a footprint her mother left behind. And no step matters more than this next one, with Evelyn about to lead her varsity team into their final battle season. Evelyn is beyond ready to score the Nationals title and win the critical scholarship to her mom’s alma mater that comes with it.
This year, she’s out for blood, and nothing can stand in her way...
...except for Rosa Alvarez, the highly talented new recruit on her biggest rival’s team.
After a humiliating homecoming game and follow-up prank leave the two enemies in a stalemate, they grudgingly strike a deal to help each other overcome their weaknesses on the field. But the more time Evelyn spends with Rosa, the more she finds herself casting her hardened armor aside, until she begins to wonder what life might be like if she left the battlefield behind and fought for love instead.
"This one’s definitely a keeper!”—Jennifer Dugan, bestselling author of Some Girls Do
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Since her mother's death five years ago, 17-year-old white-cued Evelyn has worked to follow in her mom's footsteps and become a field hockey star. As the goalie and captain of her high school's girls' field hockey varsity team, Evelyn feels that she has her future laid out for her exactly as her mother wanted it: "Play goalkeeper. Date the quarterback. Get into Duke," and go pro. Then her coach informs Evelyn that her grades might not be good enough to get into Duke and that her only shot for admittance is to receive a sports scholarship, which Duke will award to one player on the high school nationals-winning team. The pressure multiples when her team loses its homecoming game to its rival, Van Darian, and its Chicana star player, Rosa Alvarez. After Evelyn and Rosa connect off-field, though, they begin trading hockey tips, and something more blooms. But their teams' rivalry and Evelyn's tumult navigating revelations about her sexuality and her mother's dream threaten the girls' budding romance. Rosewater (the Derby Devils series) treads familiar sports romance ground in this sapphic love story, her YA debut, which interweaves discussions of grief and honoring the dead with heartstring-tugging renderings of themes of self-discovery. Ages 12–up.
