Courtney Changes the Game
Courtney Changes the Game is the first volume of Courtney's series. It was included with the Courtney doll when purchased until the release of Courtney's Diary in 2026. It is available separately.
Characters
Introduced
- Courtney Moore
- Maureen D'Amico
- Bruce Moore
- Mike D'Amico
- Tina D'Amico
- Rafi D'Amico
- Kip Tomatsu
- Sarah Barrett
- Jackie Barrett
Only in Courtney Changes the Game
Chapter by Chapter Summary
Chapter One: Game Over
Chapter Two: A New Job
Chapter Three: Dream Big
Chapter Four: Making Room
Chapter Five: Totally Bogus
Chapter Six: Less Than Perfect
Chapter Seven: Challengers
Chapter Eight: The Interview
Chapter Nine: Angry Tina and Fun Tina
Chapter Ten: Mother-Daughters Day
Chapter Eleven: Door-to-Door
Chapter Twelve: Countdown
Chapter Thirteen: Aftermath
Chapter Fourteen: A Lasting Impact
Chapter Fifteen: Crystal Starshooter's Universe
Word List
Definitions of popular slang of the 1980s.
Discusses the early to mid-1980s and the Space Shuttle Challenger disaster. Topics discussed:
- The election of Ronald Reagan as president
- The lack of employment early in the decade, later followed by a rise in consumer purchasing
- Fads such as Cabbage Patch Kids
- The rise of malls and mall culture such as Valley Girls
- Television and cable TV, including more focused channels like CNN, HBO, Nickelodeon and the rising availability of VCRs
- MTV and its influence on music and youth fashion
- The Space Shuttle Challenger disaster--including how it was broadcast live to school children nationwide and the aftermath
- Women's rise in politics and other careers that had been traditionally dominated by men, and the challenges faced from the wage gap and sexism
- Changing family dynamics such as divorce, blended families, use of day care for younger children, and latch key kids
- The continued rise of recycling from the 1970s
- The rise of technology in the 1980s and how it--and women's expansion into society--paved the way for modern day technology and more gender equality