We Ride Upon Sticks: A Novel

"It’s 1989 and the Danvers, Mass., field hockey team is looking for a win. And so, hundreds of years after a coven of teen girls kicked off the Salem witch trials nearby, the Lady Falcons give themselves over to a dark force known as Emilio (they seal the deal by signing their names in a notebook with Emilio Estevez on the cover). What follows is the story of teen girls figuring out where power comes from – who has it, who doesn’t and what it means to bump up against gender norms and social conventions. We Ride Upon Sticks is an absolute gift – a genuinely funny page turner with enough heart to win any championship."