Friendship · Belonging · Fairness
Nobody Picked Marisol First
She has been picked last eleven times, and she has been counting.
- Age range
- Ages 6-10
- Reading time
- 8 minutes
- Category
- Friendship stories
What happens
Marisol is a good player who keeps getting chosen late, and she finally says so out loud. The awkward conversation that follows changes how her class picks teams — and shows a child what speaking up actually sounds like.
Read the opening
Listen to this story
Eleven times. Marisol had counted, which she knew was probably a bad idea, and which she had done anyway.
She wasn't bad at soccer. That was the confusing part. She was quick, and she passed, and last week she'd scored twice. She was just never the name anyone said first.
On the twelfth Friday she heard herself say, out loud, in front of everybody: "Why is it never me?" And then the whole yard was extremely quiet.
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Why this one is worth your time
- Names a specific, common hurt that children often can't articulate at home.
- The response from her classmates is realistic — awkward first, then decent.
- Ends with a change in the system, not just in Marisol's feelings.
Talk about it afterward
- Have you ever been picked last? What did it feel like?
- What's a fairer way to choose teams?
What if your child were the hero?