Dairy Queen: Summary and book reviews of Dairy Queen by Catherine Murdock, plus links to an excerpt from Dairy Queen and a biography of Catherine Murdock.
Dairy Queen
by Catherine Murdock
Hardcover: May 2006,
278 pages.
Paperback: Jun 2007,
278 pages.
When you don’t talk, there’s a lot of stuff that ends up not getting said.
Harsh words indeed, from Brian Nelson of all people. But, D. J. can’t help admitting, maybe he’s right.
Stuff like why her best friend, Amber, isn’t so friendly anymore. Or why her little brother, Curtis, never opens his mouth. Why her mom has two jobs and a big secret. Why her college-football-star brothers won’t even call home. Why her dad would go ballistic if she tried out for the high school football team herself. And why Brian is so, so out of her league.
Welcome to the summer that fifteen-year-old D. J. Schwenk of Red Bend, Wisconsin, learns to talk, and ends up having an awful lot of stuff to say.
BOOK REVIEWS
BookBrowse
D.J. is a heroine to root for - funny, intelligent, independent and self-deprecating. We thoroughly recommend Dairy Queen, the first of a planned trilogy, to teenage girls - and if the occasional boy could bring himself to read it, firstly he might enjoy it, and secondly he would glean more about the female psyche than he'll learn from any number of locker room discussions! Full Review (424 words).
Media Reviews
Booklist - Jennifer Hubert
This humorous, romantic romp excels at revealing a situation seldom explored in YA novels, and it will quickly find its place alongside equally well-written stories set in rural areas,
School Library Journal
[A] sweet confection of a first novel, as enjoyable as any treat from the real DQ.
VOYA
One of the wisest, richest, most poignant books this reviewer has seen all season.
Kirkus Reviews
A painfully funny novel....a fresh teen voice, great football action and cows - this novel rocks.
Recent Reader Reviews
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Rated of 5
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