![]() But there's no denying that things are happening between the girl with the killer swing and the boy with the killer smile. This is an opportunity to shine, win a scholarship and go to university, something no one in her family has done.īut Fred's presence on the team isn't exactly welcome - especially not to rich golden boy Ryan Berenger, whose best friend was kicked off the team to make a spot for Fred. When Native American Fredricka 'Fred' Oday is invited to become the only girl on the school's golf team, she can't say no. So let's turn, now, to Liz Fichera's Hooked, published in 2013 by Harlequin Teen. And though alcoholism is one of our realities, does an alcoholic mom or dad HAVE to be part of the story? And I don't want the Native characters to be saved by non-Native ones. I want the ways that the characters speak and the things they say to sound like Native people. and, well, you know what I mean.Ĭourse, I want those books to ring true. Point is, stories about us as-we-are, with our cars and trucks (old or new) and our cell phones. I'm among those who wish that we had more books featuring Native protagonists in which the setting is today. ![]()
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