Realistic scenes of school, soccer practice, and sleepovers are interspersed with Faith's daydreams about adventures on horseback with a handsome butch royal messenger named Mathilda, who inspires Faith to unite her misfit teammates, team or no team. Readers who like a touch of romance will enjoy seeing two sweet relationships blossom on the page. One player comes out as trans and another as queer during the course of the story, and both have supportive friends. Faith and her teammates are diverse in body type and ethnicity. Johnson is a raw, and beautifully honest graphic novel that looks into the lives of a diverse and defiantly independent group of kids learning to make room for themselves in the world. Sketchy full-color artwork features characters with exaggerated expressions. She maybe did it because Amanda, the pretty upperclassman who handed her the clipboard, is really cool. Vignettes show the players' varied home lives, interests, and friendship dramas. Johnson (Writer and artist) and Kevin Czap (Colorist) First Second March 2019 Faith just started middle school, and on her very first day, she joined the soccer teambut not because she’s a confident go-getter. Instead, these Dogs lose every game and feud with one another while the coach spends most practices on his phone. at the best online prices at eBay Free shipping for many.

But this isn't one of those heartwarming sports stories where an inspirational coach rallies the underdogs to victory. Find many great new & used options and get the best deals for The Breakaways by Johnson, Cathy G. Gr 4–8-Faith has just joined the Bloodhounds, the middle school girls' soccer C team, made up of the least skilled players.

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