Witt bought Dairy Queen for me last year when he bought a host of other books. He looked over lists and read synopses, and for whatever reason, the only one I read was Looking for Alaska. There are still two other books I've not picked up yet, but I did finish Dairy Queen earlier this week. Catherine Murdock's tale of young girl who's family works a dairy farm was funny and struck me as a cleverly told story. The voice of D.J. resonates clearly, and as she struggles with figuring out she had fallen for Brian Nelson ( a fact I had deduced about thirty pages before) was cute.
Beyond the love story, though, D.J.'s story did a good job of showing just how many responsibilities some teens have today. Sports, academics, chores, jobs--the list goes on and on. I find myself in my classroom expecting students to care about the format I want essays in when they have to work on helping their families with bills and working an after school job. I see a lot of kids taking on more than they should have to, and at the same time they don't have enough emotional or mental wherewithal to not get into silly arguements.
I really enjoyed D.J.'s story and I appreciate her English teacher for making her tell it--even when she didn't know what she was doing at some points.
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