On her first day at a new school, Faith is recruited (tricked, really) into joining the school soccer team by an eighth grader, and in this she inherits a new, albeit prickly, group of friends who comprise the C team, the Bloodhounds, a mix of girls from all grades. But, it is Faith, a black fifth grader being raised by her dad, who is at the center of this scrum and a good place to being talking about this unforgettable book. I am compelled to begin my review of The Breakaways with the final words of this review, "Groundbreaking - and as complicated as middle school." Johnson's graphic novel is packed with characters, each one having her/his own complexities and challenges that overlap, interfere and intercede with the others, making it challening to unravel this story for review.
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