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Playing the Field | 
 enlarge | Author: Phil Bildner
Publisher: Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing
Category: Book
List Price: $15.95
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Avg. Customer Rating:  2 reviews
Sales Rank: 1050363
Media: Hardcover
Reading Level: Young Adult
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 192
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.5
Dimensions (in): 8.3 x 5.7 x 1
ISBN: 1416902848
EAN: 9781416902843
ASIN: 1416902848
Publication Date: February 28, 2006
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Product Description
All Darcy wants is to play on the baseball team, to hear her name announced, "Now batting, Darcy Miller," to play the field. Is that so much to ask? Unfortunately, it might be. In a few short months, Darcy Miller goes from typical senior in high school to candidate for Jerry Springer. Her mom has started dating Darcy's principal, the very principal whose son Darcy happened to have started a huge flirt-fest with, now brought to a screeching halt. When she decides to let her mom go to bat (so to speak) for her to play on the baseball team, Darcy thinks things are starting to look up. After all, Principal Basset caves and decides to let her play. But he has two conditions that shake up her entire game: She must pretend to be a lesbian (WHAT?) and she must join the GSA, the Gay-Straight Alliance (WHAT? WHAT?), the president of which happens to be her best friend -- make that her ex-best friend, Josh. Okay, Darcy's senior year might seem complicated at first. It's not. It's insurmountably, unforgettably, and -- most of the time -- hilariously complicated. But if anyone can handle it, it's Darcy. She'll do anything just to play the field.
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| Customer Reviews:
 Disappointing January 13, 2007
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
As a librarian and a lezbrarian, I read a lot of children's and young adult fiction. I was excited to see that a new "gay" book was coming out but terribly disappointing after I finished reading it. It is terribly unprobable that just because someone is a lesbian that entitles them to play on an all-male baseball team, perhaps if that someone was transgendered we might have a decent and more complicated/interesting story. Brandon seems smug with all the cards up his sleeve and Josh as an angry isolationist. Loved the baseball part of the story, but hated with a passion the rest of it.
 Home Run March 2, 2006
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
As a middle school teacher I read a wide range of teen and young adult literature. Some folks are "unable to distinguish between political differences and personal hatred...". "Playing the Field" is layered with themes that provide a platform for discussions of tough to teach topics. It is an entertaining and insightful must read for educators. Each character delivers poignant messages through vivid, energetic, and entertaining voices. This book is a nonstop read for middle and high school students.
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