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The Recruit
Tessa knows a soccer scholarship is her best chance at going to college. She's the best player on her small-town high school team―but that doesn't mean much in the big world of college soccer.
Luckily, her best friend's sister plays for a nearby university. She offers to help Tessa make the team―but not for free. Tessa must join her snobby sorority, and ditch her high school boyfriend, who is simply not fraternity material. Tessa wonders if it's all worth the cost of admission.
Luckily, her best friend's sister plays for a nearby university. She offers to help Tessa make the team―but not for free. Tessa must join her snobby sorority, and ditch her high school boyfriend, who is simply not fraternity material. Tessa wonders if it's all worth the cost of admission.
104 pages, Paperback
Published April 1, 2018
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August 13, 2018
The Recruit by K.R. Coleman, 97 pages. Darbycreek, 2018. $8.
Language: G (0 swears, 0 "f"); Mature Content: G; Violence:G.
MS, HS-OPTIONAL
Tessa Hobbs loves playing soccer and is wondering what the future might hold as her parents’ farm is struggling and college may be out of the question. When Tessa’s friend, Ellen’s older sister, Sadie brings her college coach to watch Tessa play, she thinks things might turn around for her. As she learns more about Sadie’s need to control everyone and everything around her, she questions if that is the future she wants. The worst part is that Sadie wants Tessa to ditch her farm boy boyfriend, Ben, so she can fit better into sorority life at college. Tessa has to decide what she wants for the future on her own terms.
This book was easy to read and kept me interested enough to finish in one sitting. The soccer action was fast-paced and would interest many young athletes. Though the characters were in high school, it read more like a middle grade novel with its simple story line and lack of mature content. It would be a nice fit for reluctant teen readers. Tessa’s willingness to not let others dictate her decision making is admirable and realistic.
Reviewer: Stacee S., Reading Teacher
Language: G (0 swears, 0 "f"); Mature Content: G; Violence:G.
MS, HS-OPTIONAL
Tessa Hobbs loves playing soccer and is wondering what the future might hold as her parents’ farm is struggling and college may be out of the question. When Tessa’s friend, Ellen’s older sister, Sadie brings her college coach to watch Tessa play, she thinks things might turn around for her. As she learns more about Sadie’s need to control everyone and everything around her, she questions if that is the future she wants. The worst part is that Sadie wants Tessa to ditch her farm boy boyfriend, Ben, so she can fit better into sorority life at college. Tessa has to decide what she wants for the future on her own terms.
This book was easy to read and kept me interested enough to finish in one sitting. The soccer action was fast-paced and would interest many young athletes. Though the characters were in high school, it read more like a middle grade novel with its simple story line and lack of mature content. It would be a nice fit for reluctant teen readers. Tessa’s willingness to not let others dictate her decision making is admirable and realistic.
Reviewer: Stacee S., Reading Teacher
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