Dairy Queen (novel)

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Dairy Queen, ISBN 0-618-68307-0, is a 2006 novel written by Catherine Gilbert Murdock.

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The novel is about a 15-year-old girl named D.J. Schwenk, who lives on a farm in Red Bend, Wisconsin. During the summer, she is pressured into training a football player named Brian Nelson, who becomes the starting quarterback for the arch-rival football team because of DJ's training. Eventually, they become friends, have a crush on one another, and get into a fights.

DJ and Brian's main fight is about DJ's decision to try out for her high school team. (DJ's two older brothers Win and Bill were legends at her school and both play college football.)

Throughout the summer, D.J. learns a lot about the people in her life. She also discovers that there is a lot of meaning in speaking out.

The sequel is called The Off Season.