SuitabookYou throw like a girl
Rachele Alpine
- Reading
- You could pause as Gabby’s plan develops and talk through what she hopes to achieve, and what might make carrying out two competing plans difficult.
- Themes
- Gender and access to sport: With no girls’ softball team available, Gabby plans to disguise herself as a boy to join the boys’ baseball team. The premise raises questions about access to sport and gender expectations, but does not establish how the story evaluates them.
- Family expectations: Gabby has no interest in the pageant, while her mother took part in it when she was younger; Gabby tries to compete to make her mother happy. The conflict brings personal preference and a parent’s hopes into tension; whether the story resolves that tension is unclear.
- Worth knowing
- Gabby’s father is deployed overseas, and she stays with her mother and baby sister until he returns. The story also involves a beauty pageant and disguise.