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Setter Up

by Caelan Beard

Volleyball, belonging, and building a team

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Volleyball, belonging, and building a team

Volleyball is central to Mackenzie’s life, but coming out changes her experience with her teammates. With friends and a sympathetic teacher, she works to create a queer-positive league where LGBTQ2S+ youth can feel welcome, after resistance from the school over their efforts and the proposed team name. The story brings school-based activism and community-building together with Mackenzie’s growing connection to her crush, Brooklyn. Its focus on making space on one’s own terms gives the volleyball setting a clear link to questions of belonging and empowerment.

Good fit for readers who enjoy

  • Teens and young adults interested in LGBTQ+ stories, especially lesbian representation.
  • Readers who enjoy fiction about school communities, friendship, and youth activism.
  • Volleyball fans interested in a story where sport connects with questions of inclusion.

Themes

LGBTQ2S+ inclusionBelonging and communityYouth activism and empowermentFriendshipRomance

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Book overview

Mackenzie lives and breathes volleyball, but after coming out, she finds her passion for playing is challenged by the homophobic behavior of her teammates.

With the help of her friends, she sets out to establish a queer-positive league instead. The league will celebrate diversity and be somewhere LGBTQ2S+ kids can feel at home. When the school resists their efforts and then insists on a cringey name for the team--the Gay Alliance Club-- the friends, with the help of a sympathetic teacher, establish the league in their own space and on their own terms, learning a lot about empowerment, activism, and community in the process. Along the way, Mackenzie catches the attention of her crush, Brooklyn, and romance ensues, complicating and further enriching her life.

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