Practice Girl
(Sprache: Englisch)
Jo never heard of the label "practice girl"...until she was called one. And those two devastating words would irreversibly change the way she saw everyone--including herself. An emotional and empowering novel about reputation and double standards,...
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Jo never heard of the label "practice girl"...until she was called one. And those two devastating words would irreversibly change the way she saw everyone--including herself. An emotional and empowering novel about reputation and double standards, perfect for fans of Katie Cotugno and Sarah Dessen. Jo Beckett is looking for love. She's fallen for a few boys, but for some reason, they've never fallen for her. One night, at a party she didn't even want to go to, she finds out the truth. Those boys, who are on the wrestling team she manages, consider her just a “practice girl”—the popular term for girl who’s good enough to hook up with but not to date.
With this crushing revelation, Jo feels so many things--heartsick, ashamed, betrayed, and angry. But she refuses to let that label define her. In piecing her life back together, Jo is forced to unpack more uncomfortable truths about all her relationships--from her best friend to the boy she likes--that help her understand her real worth.
From the author of the acclaimed This Raging Light, Practice Girl is a heart-wrenching, relatable, and ultimately triumphant story about a girl who rejects her label and decides for herself who she is to the world.
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I slump down around the corner in the shadows where hopefully no one will see me ever again. After a few minutes, during which I do genuinely look at the sky, which is amazing, Sam shows up. Here you are! You okay? Yeah, totally. I consider. Wait, why did you come find me? Did Jen say something to you?
Leah, he says. She just said you seemed a little upset or something.
Nope, I m excellent.
Feelings are such a drag and right now I have way too many of them.
Sam.
Yeah?
I m not totally excellent.
I know. He takes my hand.
I don t know why I get like this. I could go play beer pong or pool or get in the hot tub and maybe I would have fun. But my stomach is cavernous and my heart is hollow, and I don t know how I got here.
Even with Sam there are things I don t want to talk about, and I m too raw to let him in on the extent of all this. It s like I m never going to fit anywhere, except maybe in that stinky gym.
Which is why we re going to keep you there permanently.
Ugh, may I escape such a fate. By the way, I say, grateful for the change of subject, you know Dax Furlong is here?
Yeah, we played some pool. He seems all right. A little full of himself, but whatever. Sam shakes his head, then nudges me. Come on, it s cold. Let s go play! I ll let you win.
Sam pushes himself off the wall to stand up, hand still in mine, but before he can, Ty and Amber stroll out in front of us like they have all the time and space in the world, feet kicking softly against the grass.
I don t want to stay but I also don t want to emerge from the shadows of the wall, so I tug on Sam s arm for him to keep still and be quiet. It only takes me half a second more to realize that by not moving I have now become the creepster I was trying to avoid being, but it s already too late. We ll have to wait them out.
Amber settles on a swing, and Sam gives me a look like if swinging is involved it could take a lot longer than it seemed it was going to a few
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seconds ago and also that I m potentially ruining his life because Jen will be looking for him and he s stuck hiding with no beer.
Did you bring me out here to watch me swing, Tyler? Amber s voice is the voice of all the girls who have ever known a boy was into them and also knows how to tease it out of them.
Ty watches as she twirls the swing from side to side. No, I didn t bring you out here to watch you swing. The aw-shucks in his tone reminds me that all boys are just as scared of everything that can happen with a girl as we are of them. He s nervous. I can tell by how he shoves his hands in his pockets then grips the side of the swing set like he s looking for somewhere to put them and they won t stay still.
Nausea rolls through me and I focus on my breathing. It s bad enough knowing this is happening without having to witness it in person.
Actually, he says, I brought you out here to see if you might want to hang out.
We re hanging out right now. She lets her fingers trail over his wrist.
Well, yeah, but you know that s not what I mean.
No, I don t. She s so smooth and soothing.
I cringe thinking about Monday afternoon in Ty s bed. We were so close. We gazed into each other s eyes.
Mental note: This is what it looks like when a boy has his heart caught in a net. He s watching her as she rocks herself as though he s in exactly the right place with exactly the right person. I wish everyth
Did you bring me out here to watch me swing, Tyler? Amber s voice is the voice of all the girls who have ever known a boy was into them and also knows how to tease it out of them.
Ty watches as she twirls the swing from side to side. No, I didn t bring you out here to watch you swing. The aw-shucks in his tone reminds me that all boys are just as scared of everything that can happen with a girl as we are of them. He s nervous. I can tell by how he shoves his hands in his pockets then grips the side of the swing set like he s looking for somewhere to put them and they won t stay still.
Nausea rolls through me and I focus on my breathing. It s bad enough knowing this is happening without having to witness it in person.
Actually, he says, I brought you out here to see if you might want to hang out.
We re hanging out right now. She lets her fingers trail over his wrist.
Well, yeah, but you know that s not what I mean.
No, I don t. She s so smooth and soothing.
I cringe thinking about Monday afternoon in Ty s bed. We were so close. We gazed into each other s eyes.
Mental note: This is what it looks like when a boy has his heart caught in a net. He s watching her as she rocks herself as though he s in exactly the right place with exactly the right person. I wish everyth
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Autoren-Porträt von Estelle Laure
Estelle Laure
Bibliographische Angaben
- Autor: Estelle Laure
- Altersempfehlung: Ab 14 Jahre
- 2022, Internationale Ausgabe, 320 Seiten, Maße: 14,3 x 21 cm, Kartoniert (TB), Englisch
- Verlag: Penguin Random House
- ISBN-10: 0593527399
- ISBN-13: 9780593527399
- Erscheinungsdatum: 07.05.2022
Sprache:
Englisch
Pressezitat
*"A must for teens who can handle sexually explicit material, and who are interested in . . . feminism and challenging stereotypes."SLJ (starred review)
"A powerful, poignant story about a girl rewriting her story on her own terms. Jo Beckett's journey of sexual and emotional agency is at once tender, painful, hilarious, and courageous."
Kathleen Glasgow, New York Times bestselling author of Girl in Pieces
"Warm and funny and charming and smart."
Katie Cotugno, New York Times bestselling author of 99 Days
"No one captures the complexities of teenage girldom like Estelle Laure. A deeply felt, unflinchingly relatable, and ultimately empowering novel about the unjust double standards and dehumanizing labels that girls and women are often forced to navigate. Readers will cheer for Jo!"
Kerry Kletter, author of The First Time She Drowned
"Jo s introspective, funny first-person narrative voice is alive with poignancy and...pulls no punches in its emotional honesty. A relationship-focused story told with intelligence and wit."
Kirkus Reviews
"Through Jo's first-person narration, which often rings painfully true, Laure captures with painful precision one teen girl's journey to self-discovery and self-awareness. A contemplative and compelling look at female sexuality and the double standards that accompany it."
Booklist
"Laure demonstrates a keen understanding of adolescent interactions, and not only romantic ones. Jo s reflections on her relationships with family and friends in particular her complicated feelings for Sam are nuanced and insightful."
The Horn Book
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