Yesterday on #read99women, Jennifer Robson recommended Elise Hooper’s FAST GIRLS. (Have you pre-ordered it yet?) And today we’ve got Elise Hooper with her own #read99women recommendation. Happy Friday!

A native New Englander, Elise Hooper spent several years writing for television and online news outlets before getting a MA and teaching high-school literature and history. She now lives in Seattle with her husband and two daughters.

Says Elise, “WE RIDE UPON STICKS had my name written all over it because I grew up playing field hockey during the 1980s so this one combines my love of sports with history in a fun and imaginative way. So if you take some big hair, mix it with field hockey, a dash of Emilio Estevez, and a smattering of New England witchcraft, and mash it all together you get this clever and quirky novel about the members of the 1989 Danvers High School Team who dabble in the dark arts to ensure a winning season. A perceptive look at the transformation of girls into young women, this one is wicked fun.”