The Breakaways

Quiet sensitive Faith starts middle school already worrying about how she will fit in. To her surprise Amanda a popular eighth grader convinces her to join the school soccer team the Bloodhounds. Having never played soccer in her life Faith ends up on the C team a ragtag group that’s way better at drama than at teamwork. Although they are awful at soccer Faith and her teammates soon form a bond both on and off the soccer field that challenges their notions of loyalty identity friendship and unity. The Breakaways is a raw and beautifully honest graphic novel that looks into the lives of a diverse and defiantly independent group of kids learning to make room for themselves in the world.