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Screwball
Things have been sweet for fourteen-year old freshman fastpitch fanatic Ashley Clarke. She's happy and content as the starting pitcher for her stress-free fourteen and under ASA team. During her time away from the diamond, she's either sprinting down the soccer field, bouncing a basketball, or hanging at the beach with her BFF, Lizzy. But one sizzling summer day, hottie junior jock Andrew spots her at a pizza shop and Ashley's life changes forever. Meanwhile, her friend, Kate, talks her into joining the Crush, an elite sixteen and under team loaded with tough competition. Shortly after playing in her first game, Ashley finds out new Crush teammate Christy not only hates her guts, but is determined to ruin Ashley's future for good. Join Ashley as she struggles juggling sports, school, and a social life. Will Christy and her cronies force Ashley to quit the Crush? Or will she give it all up to spend more time with Andrew? And who's the new guy in Ashley's life complicating things?
216 pages, Perfect Paperback
First published January 7, 2008
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July 17, 2008
Things have been sweet for fourteen-year old freshman fastpitch fanatic Ashley Clarke. She's happy and content as the starting pitcher for her stress-free fourteen and under ASA team. During her time away from the diamond, she's either sprinting down the soccer field, bouncing a basketball, or hanging at the beach with her BFF, Lizzy.
But one sizzling summer day, hottie junior jock Andrew spots her at a pizza shop and Ashley's life changes forever. Meanwhile, her friend, Kate, talks her into joining the Crush, an elite sixteen and under team loaded with tough competition. Shortly after playing in her first game, Ashley finds out new Crush teammate Christy not only hates her guts, but is determined to ruin Ashley's future for good.
Join Ashley as she struggles juggling sports, school, and a social life. Will Christy and her cronies force Ashley to quit the Crush? Or will she give it all up to spend more time with Andrew? And who's the new guy in Ashley's life complicating things?
Review:
I never really planned on reading this book, but I won it at an event and figured I might as well. I was pleasantly surprised.
Let me first say that I was annoyed by Ashley, the protagonist, for quite a bit of the book, but liked her in the end. She was a little too attached to her quarterback boyfriend and that got really pathetic. Thankfully in the end she wasn't too attached to said boyfriend anymore. She learned something about balancing her sports life and romantic life, which was very good. I also felt like she was easy to relate to. While many people aren't as hardcore athletes as Ashley, many people have to deal with balancing school, boyfriends, friends, and extra activities. Plus, her feelings were very real and teenage girl-y. If that second one makes sense.
I also liked how her quarterback boyfriend wasn't a stereotypical quarterback, the kind that cheats on his girlfriend and sleeps around with all the cheerleaders and is really nothing more than a hot, mindless jock. Andrew the Quarterback Boyfriend was not like that all, which was very...refreshing? I guess I could use that word.
And this wasn't a problem for me, but I think some people would have a problem getting into the whole sports and softball aspect of the book. There was a lot of mention of types of pitches and stuff, and for non-sport playing people it may be confusing. Not for me though, because as a young child I was forced to attend many of my older sister's softball games. That wasn't fun.
Overall, I enjoyed this book and recommend it.
8/10
But one sizzling summer day, hottie junior jock Andrew spots her at a pizza shop and Ashley's life changes forever. Meanwhile, her friend, Kate, talks her into joining the Crush, an elite sixteen and under team loaded with tough competition. Shortly after playing in her first game, Ashley finds out new Crush teammate Christy not only hates her guts, but is determined to ruin Ashley's future for good.
Join Ashley as she struggles juggling sports, school, and a social life. Will Christy and her cronies force Ashley to quit the Crush? Or will she give it all up to spend more time with Andrew? And who's the new guy in Ashley's life complicating things?
Review:
I never really planned on reading this book, but I won it at an event and figured I might as well. I was pleasantly surprised.
Let me first say that I was annoyed by Ashley, the protagonist, for quite a bit of the book, but liked her in the end. She was a little too attached to her quarterback boyfriend and that got really pathetic. Thankfully in the end she wasn't too attached to said boyfriend anymore. She learned something about balancing her sports life and romantic life, which was very good. I also felt like she was easy to relate to. While many people aren't as hardcore athletes as Ashley, many people have to deal with balancing school, boyfriends, friends, and extra activities. Plus, her feelings were very real and teenage girl-y. If that second one makes sense.
I also liked how her quarterback boyfriend wasn't a stereotypical quarterback, the kind that cheats on his girlfriend and sleeps around with all the cheerleaders and is really nothing more than a hot, mindless jock. Andrew the Quarterback Boyfriend was not like that all, which was very...refreshing? I guess I could use that word.
And this wasn't a problem for me, but I think some people would have a problem getting into the whole sports and softball aspect of the book. There was a lot of mention of types of pitches and stuff, and for non-sport playing people it may be confusing. Not for me though, because as a young child I was forced to attend many of my older sister's softball games. That wasn't fun.
Overall, I enjoyed this book and recommend it.
8/10
August 15, 2008
Ashley Clarke is a sports girl through and through. She’s a great pitcher for her fourteen and under softball team, and she also plays soccer and basketball. Then her friend Kate persuades Ashley to join a different softball team, this one for sixteen and under. But adjusting to this new team is tougher than Ashley expected, especially because the other pitcher Christy seems to want to ruin Ashley’s life. Ashley tries different methods of appeasing Christy but realizes she has to settle for just ignoring her, which is a little tough, considering her hot football-player boyfriend Andrew sometimes hangs out with Christy. Screwball is Ashley’s story as she tries to figure out a balance to her life between sports, boys, and not-so-nice girls.
Screwball was a very fun and cute summer read. I really liked Ashley’s character; she was a little immature at times but also witty and hilarious. It was interesting to watch her mature through the book, and I did notice it had something to do with the guy she was with. Ashley is a really lovable character because many girls can probably relate to all the “injustices” she faced during her first year of high school, and her coming out the other end just fine made me like her even more. Though I am not a sports or softball fan at all, reading along as Ashley played was really exciting; I could really feel her energy and enthusiasm through each game. You don’t even have to understand anything about the game to get into Ashley’s story. Screwball was definitely a very enjoyable book for me.
Screwball was a very fast, fun, and easy read. The story is more suited for younger teen girls, but older readers looking for a cute story may enjoy it also. I look forward to continuing Ashley’s story in later novels.
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Screwball was a very fun and cute summer read. I really liked Ashley’s character; she was a little immature at times but also witty and hilarious. It was interesting to watch her mature through the book, and I did notice it had something to do with the guy she was with. Ashley is a really lovable character because many girls can probably relate to all the “injustices” she faced during her first year of high school, and her coming out the other end just fine made me like her even more. Though I am not a sports or softball fan at all, reading along as Ashley played was really exciting; I could really feel her energy and enthusiasm through each game. You don’t even have to understand anything about the game to get into Ashley’s story. Screwball was definitely a very enjoyable book for me.
Screwball was a very fast, fun, and easy read. The story is more suited for younger teen girls, but older readers looking for a cute story may enjoy it also. I look forward to continuing Ashley’s story in later novels.
reposted from http://thebookmuncher.blogspot.com
July 31, 2009
book 46 for 2009
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