The Danvers High School field hockey team isn't great. They have a history of losing seasons. Now, they decide to take action. Do they add workouts? get a ringer? No, they make a pact and maybe "sell their souls" and a now they are big time pre-season winners. To keep the wins coming, they commit a bunch of "evil" acts...ok, mostly just the kind of things well brought up teen girls don't do. This book takes us through the 1989 season, we meet the team and get inside their heads (oh yea, they are all in each other heads too).
For me, perhaps it was the 80's time frame, the team dynamics, depictions of teen hilarity or just the absolutely fabulous writing...but this is certainly a favorite now. Quan Barry knows a thing or two about writing a memorable set of characters.
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