Football is everything to fifteen-year-old Tuva. She dreams of becoming a professional goalkeeper and works tirelessly to make that dream come true. On the pitch, she excels, but if she wants to get into an elite sports high school, she needs to improve her grades.

Things seem to be falling into place until Sara joins both her class and her football team. Sara has an unsettling effect on Tuva, in the classroom as well as on the field. For the first time, Tuva finds herself developing a crush, but she can’t figure out what Sara wants from her. Does Sara feel the same way, or is Tuva imagining it all?

As her feelings grow stronger, Tuva struggles to keep her focus on the goal she has worked towards for years: earning a place at an elite sports school and pursuing her football career.

First Touch is Monica Laupsa«s debut novel, an engaging story about first love, coming out, prejudice, identity, and, above all, football.