We Ride Upon Sticks by Quan Berry

The 1989 field hockey season didn't start out so well for the Danvers Falcons but that all changed as soon as the girls started employing a bit of old fashioned Salem witchcraft. As the girls band together and cast spells in the Emilio Estevez book and agree to be bad off the field to be good on it their luck and scores seem to be going up getting them ever closer to the goal of state finals. Hilarious, with the 80s music and vibe, this wildly feminist team take life by the horns and find out what it means to be a proud female. Not only will you learn a fair amount about field hockey and the Salem witch trials but you will also emit a few belly-laughs at their version of black magic. I really hope this entertaining bit of fiction is based on a lot of facts. Field! Field! Field!