SuitabookCatching Jordan
Miranda Kenneally
- Reading
- If football terminology is unfamiliar, read the early matches together and pause to clarify positions or pressures. Afterwards, discuss whether Jordan is valued for her ability and how relationships affect her choices.
- Themes
- Women in competitive sport: Jordan captains and plays quarterback for a high-school boys’ football team while pursuing a university scholarship. The book presents this favourably.
- Romance alongside friendship: Ty’s arrival creates romantic uncertainty while Jordan has a close friendship with Sam and a love triangle involving another teammate. The book?s stance on this remains unclear.
- Parental expectations and protection: Jordan’s father appears less supportive of her football than of her brother, later being described as motivated by a wish to protect her. The relationship allows concern and sexism to coexist, rather than presenting the father’s resistance as simple rejection.
- Worth knowing
- A parent may wish to note romantic feelings, a love triangle, sexual interaction described as platonic, sexist attitudes, an unsupportive or protective father, unrequited love and pressure around an important match.