![]() ![]() That failure would keep her from playing basketball and running track in the next school year if there were any chance at all that she could get away from the farm. It’s been a miserable year for her, and she even managed to fail English. Coupled with his hip injury, that leaves just DJ to run the farm. Her father (himself a former football player and coach) had a huge blowout with her older brothers currently playing college ball, and they haven’t been home since. DJ speaks to the reader, in a casual and chatty manner, sometimes irritating you and other times making you want to just hug her.ĭJ Schwenk is 15 (almost 16), the only girl in her football-loving family, and is single-handedly running her family’s dairy farm. I just finished reading it and very much enjoyed it! Catherine Gilbert Murdock has created a memorable character in DJ Schwenk and captures her perfectly in the conversational tone of the book. When I saw the paperback edition at Borders, I decided to pick it up. I’ve heard Dairy Queen bounced around the kidlitosphere for about a year now, and never got around to reading it. Article of the Week with Middle Schoolers.The Year We Disappeared: A Father-Daughter Memoir by Cylin and John Busby. ![]()
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