num_pages: 275
description: When you don’t talk, there’s a lot of stuff that ends up not getting said.Harsh words indeed, from Brian Nelson of all people. But, D. J. can’t help admitting, maybe he’s right. When you don’t talk, there’s a lot of stuff that ends up not getting said.Stuff like why her best friend, Amber, isn’t so friendly anymore. Or why her little brother, Curtis, never opens his mouth. Why her mom has two jobs and a big secret. Why her college-football-star brothers won’t even call home. Why her dad would go ballistic if she tried out for the high school football team herself. And why Brian is so, so out of her league. When you don’t talk, there’s a lot of stuff that ends up not getting said.Welcome to the summer that fifteen-year-old D. J. Schwenk of Red Bend, Wisconsin, learns to talk, and ends up having an awful lot of stuff to say.
language: English
title: Dairy Queen
titlecomplete: Dairy Queen (Dairy Queen, #1)
characters: Kari Jorgensen, Dale Wagner, Beaner Halstaad, Amber Schneider, Brian Nelson, Bill Schwenk, Aaron Johnson, Curtis Schwenk, D.J. Schwenk
genres: Audiobook, Realistic Fiction, Chick Lit, Coming Of Age, Young Adult, Teen, Sports, Romance, Fiction, Contemporary
ratings_count: 27822
places: Red Bend, Wisconsin
series: Dairy Queen
awards: awardedAt: 1136102400000
name: Borders Original Voices Award
category: YA or Independent Reader, awardedAt: 1230796800000
name: South Carolina Book Award
category: Young Adult Book Award, awardedAt: 1199174400000
name: Pennsylvania Young Readers' Choice Award
category: Young Adults, awardedAt: 1230796800000
name: Rhode Island Teen Book Award, awardedAt: 1230796800000
name: Lincoln Award
publisher: Houghton Mifflin