Language: R (15 swears 7 'f'); Mature Content: G; Violence: PG (sports injuries)
BUYING ADVISORY: HS - OPTIONAL
APPEALS TO: SEVERAL
From the late 1990's players on the Women's National Soccer team had to fight for pay and treatment worthy or their abilities and skills. They won more games, even more elite games than their male counterparts, but their pay was a fraction of theirs. And the Soccer Federation doesn't seem to care. When some of the key players reach out to the courts, and others to social media, the tables begin to turn, but is it too little too late?
A complicated historical event in women's rights and equal pay, Rusch gives plenty of background without overloading the reader with too many players. A timely text, it was great to read about something so freshly in the news. Although I'm not a soccer fan, I'd really like to see some games now. I liked how many of the charts were also addressed in the text, so the sidebar was reinforcing the story, rather than just enhancing. Well documented, I read on my Kindle so I don't know if there are pictures of the players, but there are certainly source notes.
Lisa Librarian
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