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Blitzball by Barton Ludwig6/22/2023 He sets out to expose her, but discovers instead that he has secrets of his own. Unable to accept defeat, Addie is convinced that Shaylee must be using illegal methods to beat the Reichfield team. Granted an exception, Shaylee is allowed to compete in a team of all boys. They are defeated by Shaylee, the best soccer player North Prep has ever seen-who also happens to be a girl. For the first game of the season, however, Addie and his teammates are confident that they will win-because they've personally made sure the lead player of the opposite team will be unable to play.Īddie and his supremacist and misogynistic friends are ill-prepared for what comes next, though. A predominantly white Reichfield High has lost every game in the last few years to the North Prep, a school with mostly Mexican, Brazilian, and Filipino students. "The tone hits a range of notes between Suzanne Collins' 2010 book, Mockingjay, and Mel Brooks' 1967 film, The Producers." - Kirkus Reviews At Reichfield High, soccer is war and the battle is fought between Neo-Nazis and Mexicans. In a bestselling novel that speaks out against fascism and racism, a clone of Hitler combats his genes and tries to choose a better path.
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