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    Girls Can't Play
    Girls Can't Play
    Girls Can't Play
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    Girls Can't Play

    By Jeannie Meekins

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    “If I was a boy, you’d let me play,” grumbled Gertrude.
    “Yeah,” Flynn agreed. “But you’re not a boy. You’re a girl.”

    Gertrude wants to play footy. But the coach of the school footy team won’t let her play and the boys just laugh at her.
    If she were a boy, things would be different. So Gertrude decides to become a boy – just to play one game of footy.
    When a medical certificate keeps Gertrude away from school, “Gav”, the new kid, arrives. He quickly makes friends and the footy team.
    For Gertrude, the Friday footy game is not all she thought it would be. For the coach, Gav is his star player. Gav decides to hang around for the rest of the school term.

    Gertrude is treading a fine line as she desperately tries to hide her secret. She gets to play footy, but she also has two lots of homework to do!
    When she is hurt at training one night, the truth comes out. Gertrude is in trouble with the coach, the school principal and her parents. Worse than any of that was the look on her best friend Flynn’s face. Has she lost his friendship forever?

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherJeannie Meekins
    Release dateApr 21, 2014
    ISBN9780987343598
    Girls Can't Play
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    Jeannie Meekins

    Jeannie Meekins is an Australian writer who lives with her children and a couple of cats who think they own the computer. And if her dog could read, he’d be jealous, so it’s lucky that he can’t. Jeannie has also written over 10 books for children, many available through LearningIsland.com

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      Great book! I loved the twist at the end. I would love to see another book with Gertrude, "Gav", and Flynn.

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    Girls Can't Play - Jeannie Meekins

    Girls Can’t Play

    Jeannie Meekins

    Illustrated by AT Davidson

    Text copyright (c) Jeannie Meekins (2006)

    Illustrations (c) AT Davidson (2013)

    Published by Storm Cloud Publishing (2013)

    ISBN: 978-0-987343-9-8 Smashwords Edition

    This ebook is licensed for your personal enjoyment only. This ebook may not be re-sold or given away to other people. If you would like to share this book with another person, please purchase an additional copy for each recipient.

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    Junior Fiction: Sport, Friendship

    Ages 8 years up

    6629 words:

    Reading Level: 1.9

    Table of Contents

    Chapter one

    Chapter two

    Chapter three

    Chapter four

    Chapter five

    Chapter six

    Chapter seven

    Chapter eight

    About the Author

    About the Illustrator

    AT has put a bird in every illustration. Can you find it?

    Chapter one

    What are you doing here?

    Girls don’t play football.

    Go back to your dollies.

    Gertrude stood there with her head down while the boys laughed at her.

    That’s enough, said Coach Dean.

    The boys were quiet.

    Coach Dean squatted down and spoke to Gertrude. Football’s a rough game. I’d hate to see you get hurt. Why don’t you try out for something like netball?

    I don’t mind it being rough, Gertrude said in a small voice. I play footy at home. I can kick all right. Ask Flynn.

    Everyone turned to the tall, blonde boy. He began to squirm. Sure you can kick all right, he said. For a girl.

    The boys began to laugh again.

    All right, that’s enough, Coach Dean told them. You boys go outside and warm up. Gertrude, I’m sorry. I can’t let you play.

    Tears began to well in Gertrude’s eyes. She ran out of the room.

    She ran across to the far side of the oval and climbed her favourite tree. She watched the boys laughing and joking and pushing each other around.

    She didn’t want to play netball. That was such a girlie game. She wanted to play footy. She didn’t

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