Lucky Break
Brooke Carter
Series:
Orca Soundings
Type:
Fiction
Categories:
Romance | Social Themes | Sports & Recreation
Themes:
Contemporary, Mental Illness, General
Language:
English
Publisher:
Grade Level:
8-12
Age Range:
12
Format:
Hi-Lo
Description
"Clever, quippy dialogue and enjoyable first-person voice make the sassy, inner-monologuing Lucy a pleasure of a protagonist…A sweet, sincere look at the complexities of female friendship between competitive athletes. This book tackles a lot and scores at every turn." —Booklist
Seventeen-year-old Lucy "Lucky" Graves is devoted to her championship rugby team, but her dreams of a scholarship are destroyed when she breaks her ankle during an important game. If it doesn't heal properly, Lucy could be benched for the rest of the year. Goodbye pro career, goodbye college, goodbye future. Without rugby, who is she? Now her anxiety and OCD are getting worse, and a past trauma has resurfaced to haunt her. Lucy needs to stop running from her past to discover what it really means to be a team player.
The epub edition of this title is fully accessible.
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CCBC Best Books for Kids & TeensCommended
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