EHS Field Hockey, circa 1987
We’re talking books for girls again over at Chasing Ray this month. What books can you think of about famous female athletes in history? Do we honor them on the same level as male athletes? And what about game playing girls in Middle Grade & Young Adult novels? Can you think of some great ones and do familiar teen girl tropes (like mean girls and romance) play into those novels? In other words, is a book about boys playing ball crafted the same as one about girls playing ball? Is the sport enough when selling a book about girl athletes?
Check out what the panel had to say … and tell us what YOU think.