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The Game Changer is a heartfelt junior high novel about friendship, first crushes, and finding your place-on and off the field.
Adeline Buck is bubbly, athletic, and always moving-from soccer games to gymnastics meets to overthinking everything. Jack Oakley is quiet, steady, and more comfortable skating down a hockey rink than talking about his feelings. They're both placed on the same co-ed soccer team this season, and when a perfect pass from Adeline leads to Jack's first goal, everything shifts.
What starts as a simple moment on the field turns into something more-shared glances, quiet words, and a growing connection neither of them fully understands yet. But junior high isn't just practices and goal celebrations. There's drama. Friendships start to change. Teams get split. And the more Adeline and Jack try to figure each other out, the more they realize that growing up means taking risks-not just with the game, but with your heart.
The Game Changer captures the spark of first crushes, the awkward magic of middle school, and the way one person can change everything... even if they barely say a word.