Chapter 18: D.J. Goes to Town - Chapter 20: The Most Disgusting Thing I've Ever Heard Of Summary

D.J. hunts down the Red Bend football coach, Jeff Peterson, at his second job at Home Depot to say she wants to play football for him. She is prepared for just about anything except his actual response, which is simply asking about her grades. He knows she failed a class last year and says she will need to find a way to fix that before she can play. D.J. lies and says she is already working on it with Mrs. Stolze, the English teacher. The coach says he will ask around about the rules, but he figures she can probably play.

D.J. admits to readers what Brian had suggested in...