Front and Center

by Catherine Gilbert Murdock
Lexile:  980
Genre:  Realistic Fiction

D.J. Schwenk has missed a lot of school helping her brother recover from a career ending football injury.  Now she's back and it's time for the basketball season to begin.  Her coach and her family have big hopes for her and soon college scouts from Division 1 schools are scouting are coming to her tiny Wisconsin town to watch her play.  D.J. knows that she wants college to be part of her future, but not sure if she's ready for the pressure of a D-1 school.  And while she's trying to sort out her future, Brian Nelson her on again off again boyfriend is suddenly showing up at her house again.  D.J. wonders if her life will ever be "normal".