32. Dairy Queen - Catherine Gilbert Murdock

1st book in a series of two

audio read by Natalie Moore

5 undabridged cds (6:09)

2006, Houghton Mifflin

275 pgs.

Finished 8/20/2013

Genre: YA CRF

Goodreads Rating: 3.77

My Rating: 4.5 - Loved it

Found the CD at a Friends of the Library book sale

My comments:  A delightful read - and I'm glad I listened to this one.  Beautifully read, wonderful story.  The protagonist - and other characters - seemed very real to me.  Who would have known that being raised on a Wisconsin cow farm would make such interesting reading?  I hope the library has the sequel on cd.....

Goodreads Review:  When you don't talk, there's a lot of stuff that ends up not getting said. Harsh words indeed, from Brian Nelson of all people. But, D.J. can't help admitting, maybe he's right. When you don't talk, there's a lot of stuff that ends up not getting said. Stuff like why her best friend, Amber, isn't so friendly anymore. Or why her little brother, Curtis, never opens his mouth. Why her mom has two jobs and a big secret. Why her college-football-star brothers won't even call home. Why her dad would go ballistic if she tried out for the high school football team herself. And why Brian is so, so out of her league. When you don't talk, there's a lot of stuff that ends up not getting said. Welcome to the summer that fifteen-year-old D.J. Schwenk of Red Bend, Wisconsin, learns to talk, and ends up having an awful lot of stuff to say.