{"id":6558,"date":"2013-05-01T19:09:14","date_gmt":"2013-05-01T19:09:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lesbianfunworld.com\/books\/?p=6558"},"modified":"2013-05-01T19:09:14","modified_gmt":"2013-05-01T19:09:14","slug":"how-i-fell-in-love-and-learned-to-shoot-free-by-jon-ripslinger","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lesbianfunworld.com\/books\/how-i-fell-in-love-and-learned-to-shoot-free-by-jon-ripslinger\/","title":{"rendered":"How I Fell in Love and Learned to Shoot Free by Jon Ripslinger"},"content":{"rendered":"
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How I Fell in Love and Learned to Shoot Free<\/em><\/h2>\n

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Jon Ripslinger<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n
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Danny ‘the Bruiser’ Henderson has a plan. He’s going to hustle cool, beautiful Angel McPherson, the best female player in the state of Iowa, on the basketball court. But he has no idea that she is hiding a shocking family secret. And what about Danny’s own secret? Both Angel and Danny have a lot to learn about trust–and love–on the court and off. John Ripslinger tells their story in robust, masculine writing that packs a punch.<\/p>\n

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From Booklist<\/p>\n

Gr. 9-12. Even as Angel is beating him in free throws, Danny is falling for her. But tall, attractive Angel is a loner, called Stone Angel by her high-school peers. Danny is pleased when Angel agrees to secretly coach him, but his hopes for a relationship are chipped away by other secrets–about parents. When Angel breaks her ankle, their lies about parents begin to crack. It turns out that Angel’s mom is a lesbian with a live-in lover, and when Danny was a baby, his mom left his dad for her ex-boyfriend and was killed in a motorcycle accident. Tensions climb as peer and parental pressures force the teens to confront truth and trust. Issues of gay parents (and test-tube babies) and honesty in relationships are solidly embedded in the high-school scene. The title tease, the male point-of-view, and the sports framework set up the story for boys, but girls will respond to Angel’s character and enjoy this, too. The message about individuality and self-identity is an effective slam dunk. Julie Cummins<\/p>\n

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Danny ‘the Bruiser’ Henderson has a plan. He’s going to hustle cool, beautiful Angel McPherson, the best female player in the state of Iowa, on the basketball court. But he has no idea that she is hiding a shocking family secret. And what about Danny’s own secret? Both Angel and Danny have a lot to learn about trust–and love–on the court and off. John Ripslinger tells their story in robust, masculine writing that packs a punch.<\/p><\/div>\n

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