Dairy Queen
A novel written by:
Catherine Gilbert Murdock
Wisconsin
Dairy Farm
tomboy
D.J. Schwenk
Brian
Friendship
Romance
Football
Drama
D.J. Schwenk
Not the average girl. She is a tomboy, who likes to play
football because she played with her older brothers when they
were in school. Works a lot on the farm because her dad is
injured but is flunking English. She decides to train a rival
football player and as usual, falls in love with him.
Brian Nelson
Football player from Hawley, the rival
team. He needs training from D.J., so
he helps her with farm work while she
trains him.
What happens when…
Your dad gets hurt
Your older brothers moved out already
And you are the next oldest?
You have to take care of the
farm all by yourself.
That means more
responsibilities
but you still have
to do your
homework…
DJ Schwenk finally gets some
help around the farm by a guy
from Hawley named Brian
Nelson.
In return, DJ gives Brian, a
guy from a rival team to Red
Bend, football lessons.
“When you don’t talk,
there’s a lot of stuff
that ends up not
getting said.”
They fall in love while training
but out of love when he
discovers she is playing football
against him…
“Yeah. Like what
do you call it?
Romeo and
Juliet?”
There is another problem…
She is ineligible because of her English
grade…
DJ gets her grade up to play
football, but how does she do
it?
Check out “Dairy Queen” from your local
library to see how DJ accomplishes her
goal of playing football.
Strawberry Wine by Deana Carter
Powerpoint by:
Bethany