Bea Mullins Takes a Shot - by Emily Deibert

Book Synopsis

When a 7th grader is forced to join her school's hockey team, she discovers unexpected friendships and a budding crush on the team captain. This fierce and heartfelt queer romance explores the courage to face your fears, even when your dreams are on thin ice.

Some goals are worth falling for.

After a lifetime of humiliating sports experiences, Bea Mullins knows the best way to survive middle school is to stick to the sidelines. When PE is suddenly canceled, though, Bea is forced to join an after-school activity...which is how she ends up as a member of the Glenwood Geese, her middle school's first all-girls hockey team.

Bea would be happy sitting on the bench, but she doesn't want to let down her best friend, Celia. Plus, the more time Bea spends on the rinks, the more she comes to enjoy her teammates, especially the incredibly talented--and incredibly cool--co-captain Gabi. But when low funding puts the Geese in danger of never playing again, Bea realizes she may lose everything she didn't know she wanted.

A hilarious and heartfelt middle-grade contemporary about first crushes and fierce friendships from debut author Emily Deibert.

Review Quotes

"Confident prose renders distinctively drawn characters alongside exhilarating hockey action, shining a light on girls in sports, specifically ice hockey." --Publishers Weekly

"The continuing rapid growth of girls' ice hockey expands the audience for Deibert's enjoyable first novel." --Booklist

About the Author

Emily Deibert spent most of her life in Toronto, Canada, but now lives in La Serena, Chile where she writes children's books by day and works as an astronomer by night. Bea Mullins Takes a Shot is her debut novel. In her spare time, Emily likes to play ice hockey--but like her novel's protagonist, she's not very good at it.