Fiercely charming and achingly relatable-a glorious, empowering touchdown.'- Kirkus Reviews, starred review 'Readers need not like (or understand) football to wholeheartedly cheer for the Elkhorn Five. This book is a triumphant reminder: There is no right or wrong way to be ourselves.”- Julian Winters, award-winning author of Running With Lions ' Like Other Girls breaks all the rules in the best possibly ways! Britta Lundin navigates the complexities of identity, friendships, gender, sexuality, and finding your voice with the humor and thoughtfulness readers deserve. Britta Lundin has created a flawed, sharp, and absolutely magnificent roster of girls learning about themselves and each other, and how to treat both with more empathy and compassion.'- Mackenzi Lee, New York Times best-selling author of The Gentleman's Guide to Vice and Virtue ' Like Other Girls boldly takes on the ultimate system of patriarchy-high school football-and spins a feminist revolution into a critique of the way women are pitted against each other and certain expressions of gender and femininity are valued over others. What results is a coming-of-age story that is at once tear-jerking and funny, thought-provoking and real, as Mara’s preconceived notions about gender, sports, sexuality, and friendship are turned upside down.īritta Lundin's sophomore novel will give readers all the feels, and make them stand up and cheer. Complicating matters is the fact that Valentina, Mara’s crush, is one of the new players, as is Carly, Mara’s nemesis-the girl Mara fought with when she was kicked off the basketball team. Now Mara’s lumped in as one of the girls-one of the girls who can’t throw, can’t kick, and doesn’t know a fullback from a linebacker. Inspired by what they see as Mara’s political statement, four other girls join the team. But joining the team sets off a chain of events in her small Oregon town-and within her family-that she never could have predicted. A lifelong football fan, Mara decides to hit the gridiron with her brother, Noah, and best friend, Quinn-and she turns out to be a natural. “What do you think?”Īfter getting kicked off the basketball team for a fight that was absolutely totally not her fault (okay maybe a little her fault), Mara is dying to find a new sport to play to prove to her coach that she can be a team player. But when I do stuff like this, I worry it gets harder for us all to ignore what’s right in front of us. We don’t talk about how Mara is gay but no one says so. We don’t talk about how Mara is different from other girls. Even suggesting it feels like I’ve overstepped some kind of invisible line we’ve all agreed not to discuss.

As soon as it’s out of my mouth, I feel stupid. Fiercely charming and achingly relatable-a glorious, empowering touchdown.'

Like Other Girls by Britta Lundin