Gracie Faltrain Gets It Right (Finally)
As Gracie begins Year 12, she has only one thing on her mind, and it's not school work. It's not even Martin, now that he's dumped her for the third time. It's soccer: a new season, a new team, a new league. This is the big time, the state trials, and Gracie can't wait. Except there's one small problem. She's no longer the biggest fish in the pond, and one of the other players is the cousin of her arch enemy, Annabelle Orion.
Gracie wants to get it right this year, but everything seems to be going wrong – she hardly has time to see her friends, Martin won't talk to her, and she's falling even further behind at school.
Gracie needs help both on and off the field, but when it shows up, it is not from the person she expected...
Notable Book, 2009 Children's Book Council of Australia Book of the Year Awards (Older Readers)
About the Gracie Faltrain Series
Books in series order
- 1.The Life and Times of Gracie Faltrain(2004)
- 2.Gracie Faltrain Takes Control(2006)
- 3.Gracie Faltrain Gets It Right (Finally)(2008)
Reading age: 12+ years
This series should be read in order.
Gracie Faltrain is in her final years of high school and consumed with all things soccer...well, soccer and Nick, who she's long admired from afar.
Gracie is absolutely sure about what she wants and how to get it. And she's just as sure about what's right for her friends and how to make it all happen. But being sure isn't the same as being right. People are complex; relationships are in flux; and sometimes you just can't see from the outside what's really going on with your friends, your family...and certainly not your enemies.
Gracie's best intentions become over-shadowed by her self-absorption, and it takes a while for her to realise that everyone has more going on in their lives than she could possibly imagine. Part of growing up is accepting other people's choices and learning that you can't control everything on or off the field - no matter how badly you want to.