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Carrie Allen is a Colorado girl who wears flip-flops year-round and never skips dessert. She is retired from sports medicine, and extra-tired from chasing around two kids and two dogs. She writes contemporary YA about girls who kick butt in sports.

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Average rating: 4.19 · 2,382 ratings · 554 reviews · 2 distinct works • Similar authors

	Michigan vs. the Boys 4.22 avg rating — 2,220 ratings — published 2019 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Out of Our League: 16 Stories of Girls in Sports by Dahlia Adler (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Jennifer Iacopelli (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Carrie S. Allen (Goodreads Author) 3.81 avg rating — 212 ratings — published 2024 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Abby Offsides

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Big Fan: Two Friends, 82,490 Miles, and the Wild, Wonderful Sports We Love

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“Brie's grinning, but I doubt she's daydreaming about playoffs. Ten bucks says she's mentally creating the playlist for our first locker room dance party of the season.”
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“Because we're a small-town team of sixteen girls who win some and lose some, and unless you grew up here, you don't stay in the Upper Peninsula forever. Coach did not grow up here.”
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“I'm starting a skate club at my church if you want to join," Jeannie says to me. For some reason, her Yooper accent gets even thicker when she talks about church. She really puts the "eh" in "amen.”
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