Catching+Jordan

//Catching Jordan// by Miranda Kenneally

I hate being the only reviewer. :/ I have stolen part of someone else's review as it captures some of my thoughts and I'm trying to get 6 reviews on this wiki in 6 days.

There were sports analogies and sport talk in this book, but it was done in a way that the non-football fan wouldn't mind. This is a decently written contemporary novel that has roots in love, family, and friendship (as well as football). Note: This is a typical chick book even though it's about football. No boy would read it.

Jordan is the type of girl who I think most girls would have been incredibly intimidated of in high school. The girl is written as being pretty and an all-state footballer who has no sense of guys other than being one of them. Plus she’s a regular Amazon woman. Teens would have cowered in fear that she would body check them into a locker and then laugh at their hair. But, that’s simply not the case. Jordan is as clueless as anyone when it comes to the fine art of boys (as in dating them) and she takes a journey into losing her virginity. The girl comes right out and talks about her sex life to a fellow female classmate – not someone who’s a close friend either – as if it’s no big deal. This is personally disturbing to me, but I don't want to really have my objections stop a book from being on the list. Note that this is for older teens.

This novel isn’t just about first love or football, it’s about going after what you really want. Jordan wants nothing more than to play college-level football for Alabama and she’s bound and determined to make it happen. But this novel is also about realizing when you need to bend and maybe try something new and strange in order to get what you really want.

I would support this book on the list if we don't have other contemporary chick lit that we prefer.

Kathy Watson Kimball Library, Atkinson