Lucky Break

By Brooke Carter

Book Overview

"Clever, quippy dialogue and enjoyable first-person voice make the sassy, inner-monologuing Lucy a pleasure of a protagonist...A sweet, sincere look at the complexities of female friendship between competitive athletes. This book tackles a lot and scores at every turn." --Booklist

Seventeen-year-old Lucy "Lucky" Graves is devoted to her championship rugby team, but her dreams of a scholarship are destroyed when she breaks her ankle during an important game. If it doesn't heal properly, Lucy could be benched for the rest of the year. Goodbye pro career, goodbye college, goodbye future. Without rugby, who is she? Now her anxiety and OCD are getting worse, and a past trauma has resurfaced to haunt her. Lucy needs to stop running from her past to discover what it really means to be a team player.

This short novel is a high-interest, low-reading level book for teen readers who are building reading skills, want a quick read or say they don't like to read The epub edition of this title is fully accessible.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1459839722
• ISBN13: 9781459839724
• Release Date: April 2024
• Publisher: Orca Book Publishers
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 0.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.0" x 7.4"
• Age Range: 12 years and up
• Grade Range: Grade 7 and higher