I folded and then crumpled the newspaper and stuffed it inside my backpack. I had to swallow back the bile building deep in my throat. The photo turned cloudy the longer I stared at it. My nostrils flared and my breathing quickened.
Someone had used a black marker to draw a band around my forehead with feathers on each side. My smile faded when I found the photo on page three of the sports section, the same one where I was holding my driver on the fourth tee.
Quickly, I placed my backpack underneath my desk and slipped into the seat. There was a folded newspaper waiting on my desk, maybe the same one that Ryan had shown me in the library, and my stomach somersaulted all over again. Then my eyes lowered to my seat, the empty one at the front of the row. They’re furious that a girl is on their team, but they are even more upset about a girl from the reservation on their team that replaced their buddy. A player with a bad attitude and mediocre game, Seth, is removed from the team to make a space for Fred and the boys aren’t happy. However, despite her phenomenal skills on the golf course, she’s not welcomed with open arms. Over the years, she’s excelled to the point that her high school’s golf coach adds her to the boys varsity team (there isn’t a girls team). She learned to play because her father works at the golf course. Except she’s got something special going for her: a killer golf game. Like many kids growing up on the reservation, Fred’s options after graduation are pretty limited. But, a short interview with Liz on Stacked piqued my interest and I thought I’d give it a try, and despite some flaws, it was a surprisingly compelling read.įredricka (Fred) Oday lives on the Gila reservation, which abuts the city of Phoenix, Arizona. However, I almost passed on Liz Fichera’s debut, Hooked, which features a Native American girl in Arizona who makes a splash with her golf mastery while negotiating a burgeoning relationship with a boy on her team ( I haven’t had great luck with Harlequin Teen titles). But I keep soldiering on, seeking one of these stories that really works.
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