By: Catherine Murdock Publisher: Graphia Average Rating: Binding: Paperback Label: Graphia Number of Items: 1 Number of Pages: 288 Publication Date: June 04, 2007 Reading Level: Young Adult
Product Description: When you don't talk, there's a lot of stuff that ends up not getting said.
Harsh words indeed, from Brian Nelson of all people. But, D. J. can't help admitting, maybe he's right.
When you don't talk, there's a lot of stuff that ends up not getting said.
Stuff like why her best friend, Amber, isn't so friendly anymore. Or why her little brother, Curtis, never opens his mouth. Why her mom has two jobs and a big secret. Why her college-football-star brothers won't even call home. Why her dad would go ballistic if she tried out for the high school football team herself. And why Brian is so, so out of her league.
When you don't talk, there's a lot of stuff that ends up not getting said.
Welcome to the summer that fifteen-year-old D. J. Schwenk of Red Bend, Wisconsin, learns to talk, and ends up having an awful lot of stuff to say.
A Nice solid book with a different twist on life I really enjoyed this book and the character. Girly girls are not going to relate to D.J. but if you have a tom boy in the family then this would be a great gift for her. I think it would also be good for anyone in the rural parts of America that have felt left out of YA lit. Having grown up on a farm I was really surprise at how well I could relate to D.J. I may never have played football but I know how life works when it revolves around the feeding time of livestock.
01/02/09 - just listened to the audio book. Ms. Moore did a great job reading this book. I picked up on several little things that I missed in the book. Great job!
From J. Kaye's Book Blog "Dairy Queen" is about a 15 year old farm girl called D.J. Ever since her brothers moved away, she does all the work on her parent's farm. Jimmy Ott (a friend of her dad) tells Brian Nelson (the biggest jerk you will ever meet) to work on their farm. When Jimmy Ott asked D.J. to work with Brian social skills as well as football, D.J. realizes that she likes football. D.J. decides to try out for the boy's football team. After she joins, D.J. will have to overcome her greatest task yet, winning at football, Red Bend against Hawley.
My daughter had problems with the main character not being able to stand up for herself. I think she was a bit too tender-hearted for this book.
A refreshing read A your-not-so-typical teenage girl named DJ, tends to her family's farm while her dad is recovering from a hip injury. All is well- well, as well as it used to be anyways- until a QB , Brian Nelson, of a rival high school is sent to help DJ out with the farm. What DJ wasn't expecting from this particular jock was to start encouraging her to talk; about her dreams, her flunking in English class and her strikingly odd family.
I somewhat knew that this book would be good, because I've read encouraging reviews before purchasing it. What struck me the most about this particular books was its authenticity. I wouldn't wonder at it if I learned that DJ was somewhere in Wisconsin painting the barn with Brian Nelson. That's how real the characters were. I also loved the writing style, DJ has flunked English, and that fact is strongly established in "her" writing style. A refreshing read, as refreshing as a glass of cold fresh milk.
Loved this I seem to be working my way through the YA section of the bookstore of late and this one stood apart from the pack. I started page one and didn't look around me until I'd finished. Then, missing the book, I picked it back up and started reading it again. I loved it. I am here to poke around in the hopes she's written more books.
A thousand times better than the food chain. This book series is my new obsession. Picking up Dairy Queen at the library on a passing recommendation, I began the first chapter right before bed. After literally howling with laughter, I had to sneak out to the other room to finish (so I wouldn't bother my husband), and ended up staying up until 2:00 am. Then, I spent most of the rest of the night thinking about it. The next morning, I woke up exhausted, but managed to read it again. Since then, I've read it two more times. WHY? WHY? WHY? What is the power this book has on me?
I adore D.J. even though she is nothing like me. Her situation is so compelling. All the crazy things that happen to her, all the hardships, all the life-learning...her voice makes going through them with her incredibly moving and satisfying, not to mention she's hilarious.
This is a beautiful story written with a very skilled hand. I recommend it to everyone as an entertaining and quality book.
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