The Revenge Playbook

Don't get mad, get even! In this poignant and hilarious novel, Rachael Allen brilliantly explores the nuances of high school hierarchies, the traumas sustained on the path to finding true love, and the joy of discovering a friend where you least expect.

In the small town of Ranburne, high school football rules and the players are treated like kings. How they treat the girls they go to school with? That's a completely different story. Liv, Peyton, Melanie Jane, and Ana each have their own reason for wanting to teach the team a lesson—but it's only when circumstances bring them together that they come up with the plan to steal the one thing the boys hold sacred. All they have to do is beat them at their own game.

But taking on the football team means taking on the entire town. Can four unlikely friends pull off the ultimate revenge?

• Found Family: A pageant queen, a shy dancer, a rebel, and a romantic team up for the ultimate takedown after the football team wrongs each of them.
• An Epic Scavenger Hunt: To steal the sacred Football of ’76, the girls must beat the boys at their own game, completing a list of hilarious and humiliating dares before time runs out.
• High School Hijinks: Filled with hilarious pranks, poignant moments of truth, and a powerful message about standing up to toxic masculinity in the halls of high school.
• Small Town Drama: In a town where football players are kings, four girls are about to start a revolution that will shake the social hierarchy to its core.

Four girls. One plan.
And the night that changes everything.

Liv is the girl everyone gossips about. But when the rumors threaten to crack her relationship with her longtime boyfriend, she's desperate to prove that not everything you hear is true.

Peyton is the girl no one knows. But flying under the radar doesn't mean she's willing to let people walk all over her.

Melanie Jane is the girl everyone wants to be or be with. Beautiful, sassy, and untouchable, she breaks hearts before hers gets broken. Most of the time.

Ana is the girl no one talks to. Not after what happened at the party that ended her friendship with Melanie Jane.

They have nothing in common . . . Except for revenge.

In the small town of Ranburne, high school football rules and the players are treated like kings. How they treat the girls they go to school with? That's a completely different story. Liv, Peyton, Melanie Jane, and Ana each have their own reason for wanting to teach the team a lesson—but it's only when circumstances bring them together that they come up with the plan to steal the one thing the boys hold sacred.

All they have to do is beat them at their own game.

“A deceptively light look at the dark side of football culture.” - Kirkus Reviews

A fun YA title that challenges sexist attitudes in modern-day high school culture. - School Library Journal