A review by bhnmt61
We Ride Upon Sticks by Quan Barry

5.0

I will admit that this book seemed a bit overly long, but it is brilliant nonetheless (see what I did there?). In 1989, the Danvers High School field hockey team has bottomed out-- they haven't won a game in ages-- until one of them makes a pact with the darkness, written in a spiral notebook with Emilio Estevez on the cover, and the others sign on. By turns hilarious, snarky, odd, and even occasionally serious, the story of their senior season and their trip to the state championship is the most fun I've had reading in months. I got a little bogged down in the middle, but after skimming over a couple of chapters, the last two chapters are not to be missed. Loved it.