Maya Taylor-Hart (2025)
(Not a review, just some notes to help me remember the things I've read. But written this way because it's the Internet, and some people will stumble across this page.)
This book was a free Advanced Reader Copy from Library Thing. I'm encouraged (but not required) to leave reviews in exchange for the free books.
I left the following review on the Library Thing website:
Maya is a girl who likes to sketch. Her friend Jess invites her to a freshman foot game. Maya doesn't have much interest in the game, preferring to sketch, until she notices Number 13. Jess teases her, but Maya starts to learn more about football. She's sketching the field, the players, and the plays, adding her own unique artistic touch to each piece, as she slowly starts to learn about the game.
The book is mostly interaction between these two girls, but Maya's father enjoys her daughter's new interest. There are some "mean girl" cheerleaders who don't amount to much meanness because the focus stays on Maya, Jess, and 13, who she does finally meet in a quiet moment that takes her breath away.
This was a cute book, which I enjoyed very much, and I might've learned a thing or two about football... although I don't think she explained what a screen play was.
There isn't much else to say about the book. There was no love triangle, and no other girls to compete with. The boy never takes center stage. (For that matter, he isn't even the quarterback or the star player.) It's mostly about Maya and Jess. Of course, I like the scenes with her Dad.
Personally, I have little knowledge about football other than the basics. I couldn't name plays for the life of me, nor most of the positions, or what those positions are supposed to do. So I found this part of it interesting as well.
I enjoyed this book for what it was. And what it was was cute.
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