Jennifer Manuel
JENNIFER MANUEL was the 2017 winner of the Ethel Wilson Fiction Prize and was named A Writer to Watch by the CBC in 2016. Jennifer has been a college, elementary and high-school teacher, plays goalie on a men's hockey team and also plays drums and produces music. Jennifer is author of Dressed to Play and Head to Head in the Lorimer Sports Stories series. This is her first YA novel. Jennifer lives in Duncan, British Columbia.
A teen girl faces sexual harassment and misogyny when she tries to succeed in the local music scene. |
A young teen girl learns to overcome her rivalry with a soccer teammate so they can lead the team together. |
A young athlete faces the pressure to redefine her self-image as more "girly." |