 | Bea Mullins Takes A Shot Author: Deibert, Emily | |
| Price: $7.37 | ||
Summary:
Twelve-year-old Bea joins her school's first all-girls hockey team to support her best friend, navigates rocky relationships with her crush Gabi and best friend Celia, and steps up to help save the team when its funding is threatened.
Reviews:
Kirkus Reviews (12/15/24)
Booklist (01/01/25)
Full Text Reviews:
Booklist - 01/01/2025 Soon after Bea’s middle school’s gym floor is damaged by flooding, the coach strongly encourages parents to have their kids join an extracurricular sport as an alternative to gym class. Bea, a seventh-grader, reluctantly follows Celia, her best friend, around the cafeteria, where they sign up for the girls’ ice hockey team, partly because Celia is enthusiastic, partly because Bea enjoys watching hockey on TV, and partly because she’s attracted to Gabi, the cool eighth-grade girl staffing the hockey sign-up table. Soon Bea realizes that she has a crush on Gabi, but she tries to put her feelings aside during practices and when Gabi takes time to teach her how to play hockey. Meanwhile, Bea is beginning to enjoy her first team experience. Bea is a likable character who is tentative in approaching challenges. Set in Toronto, where Deibert grew up, the perceptive first-person narrative traces Bea’s experiences and shifting emotions at home, at school, and at the rink. The continuing rapid growth of girls’ ice hockey expands the audience for Deibert’s enjoyable first novel. - Copyright 2025 Booklist.
