I also found the music blog to be a fun addition. Cold Day in the Sun is so empowering for female athletes, but it is also absolutely adorable. She is forced to work twice as hard to show that she’s worthy of her place, and her life becomes even more difficult when she finds herself falling for the team captain. This book tells the story of Holland, the only girl on the boys’ hockey team. This is an empowering read that I was sad to put down. It is a story about sports with a hint of music, which is an instant win for me, and the main character is so strong. Highly recommended.Ĭold Day in the Sun by Sara Biren is a book that is cute but also contains an important message. In her acknowledgement at the end of the book, the author reveals that she used to manage her varsity hockey team, and this familiarity lends realism to this engaging story about a young girl who finds herself (and love) once she stops worrying about how others perceive her. (You can tell I am not a sports fan, right?) The Delviss family were priceless, and although I was not fond of how the team's co-captain, Wes, yelled at all of the players when he caught them slacking off or giving less than their best to the game, when Wes was off the ice he seemed pretty decent. One by one, her inner demons are addressed and exposed: even her rule of not dating a teammate is eventually broken. Even Holland was buying into some of the warped thinking by adapting her response to these criticisms: her whole life became one huge effort to prove her naysayers wrong: she was "giving over way too much power" to her opponents. Excuses of this sort have been used throughout history to perpetuate racial and ethnic discrimination. Not all men, no matter how strong or well-built, are skilled at sports. being a liability because she will get hurt since boys are rougher than girls, etc.Īll of these pat excuses serve as a means to exclude women from mixed sports. potentially causing conflict among, or becoming a distraction to, the other male players because she is an attractive female - (her response is to refuse to date any of her teammates)Ĥ. taking the spot of another deserving male playerģ. believing that she is too good to play on an all-female team - which implies that there is something "less" about an all female team.Ģ. She also has her own inner battles: she worries that other people think that she is not good enough - although she is constantly being reassured by her teammates and coach that she is in fact better than many of the other players on her team.ĭuring an important media interview she is accused of:ġ. Holland has to endure the prejudice and disapproval of many of the townsfolk of Halcyon Lake.
Holland Delviss is the sole female hockey player on her high school all male team. This YA book took a while to get into, but my patience was well rewarded.
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