Synopsis:
Written from the perspective of a young teen-aged girl who is called D.J., this book is an account of the challenges she faces as an ordinary high schooler in Wisconsin. With her father unable to work the farm D.J. suddenly finds herself baling hay while her friends are hitting parties. Despite her hard work nothing she does seems to be good enough for her father, and her mother is no help as she sits passively by, keeping her opinions a well-kept secret. He brother, Curtis, may be her only friend, besides her best friend Amber, and his aptitude to prefer silence over conversation keeps D.J. and him at a friendly understanding. But her comfortable world is suddenly shaken when Brian Nelson shows up on the farm out of the blue with instructions from his football coach to learn the meaning of hard work.
The important messages given to us in Dairy Queen are not given directly to the reader. The lessons to be learned are written very subtly. The story, however is written very bluntly and from the point of view of DJ, a girl living in Wisconsin, who loves football. I would say that this book is more for leisure time reading than anything else. I doubt this book will ever be known as a classic but it was certainly an easy read, entertaining, youthful and straightforward novel. It would not be the first book I would recommend.
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