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WE RIDE UPON STICKS
It's the fall of 1989, and the Danvers High School Falcons Girls Field Hockey team is tired of losing. They'll do anything to take their senior-year season straight to States. Anything. Even signing a demonic pact with a certain brat-pack teen heartthrob.
Quan Barry's We Ride Upon Sticks and Are There Presently is a delightfully badass female romp through the coastal town of Danvers, MA, formerly known as Salem Village and the original site of the 1692 witch hunt. Inspired by the history of their ancestors, the Falcons sign their names in the Devil's Book (or, in this case, a spiral notebook with Emilio Estevez on the cover), establishing a secret bond that will carry them, chapter by chapter, all the way to the State Finals.
There's Abby Putnam, a bubbly go-getter and the descendent of a notorious 1692 accuser; Jen Fiorenza, whose bleached blond "claw" hairstyle is a character unto itself (did the Claw harness the supernatural in order to be elected co-captain?); "Girl" Cory, stylish, beautiful, and remote (you know the type she drives a white Fiero); "AJ" Johnson, the team's only black member, for whom enchantment brings racial awakening....I wish I could name all eleven!
As the players discover the powers that dwell within them, Barry paints a brilliant, addictive portrait of late-'80s girldom, in all its big-haired, Heathers glory - bringing us, in living color, the sassy and bold spiritual precursors to Buffy and The Chilling Adventures of Sabrina. Empowering and witty yet woke to stale notions of femininity, We Ride Upon Sticks is just too much fun to miss as it celebrates teamwork and the magic of simply being yourself.
Raised on the north shore of Boston near the originating site of the Salem Witch Trials, Quan Barry twirled her way through four seasons as the Danvers High Marching Band mascot before going on to author five books including the novel SHE WEEPS EACH TIME YOU'RE BORN. The recipient of NEA Fellowships in both poetry and fiction and a member of the 1989 DHS Women's Varsity Field Hockey Team, Barry currently lives in the American Midwest where she teaches at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
There's Abby Putnam, a bubbly go-getter and the descendent of a notorious 1692 accuser; Jen Fiorenza, whose bleached blond "claw" hairstyle is a character unto itself (did the Claw harness the supernatural in order to be elected co-captain?); "Girl" Cory, stylish, beautiful, and remote (you know the type she drives a white Fiero); "AJ" Johnson, the team's only black member, for whom enchantment brings racial awakening....I wish I could name all eleven!
As the players discover the powers that dwell within them, Barry paints a brilliant, addictive portrait of late-'80s girldom, in all its big-haired, Heathers glory - bringing us, in living color, the sassy and bold spiritual precursors to Buffy and The Chilling Adventures of Sabrina. Empowering and witty yet woke to stale notions of femininity, We Ride Upon Sticks is just too much fun to miss as it celebrates teamwork and the magic of simply being yourself.
Raised on the north shore of Boston near the originating site of the Salem Witch Trials, Quan Barry twirled her way through four seasons as the Danvers High Marching Band mascot before going on to author five books including the novel SHE WEEPS EACH TIME YOU'RE BORN. The recipient of NEA Fellowships in both poetry and fiction and a member of the 1989 DHS Women's Varsity Field Hockey Team, Barry currently lives in the American Midwest where she teaches at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
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Published 2020-03-03 by Pantheon |