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Author
Publisher
Peachtree Publishers
Language
English
Formats
Description
Eighth-grade soccer forward Nick Osborne and his teammates are highly competitive but, with help from his soccer-playing aunt, Nick begins to see that good sportsmanship is more important than winning. Includes a recipe for oatmeal chocolate chip cookies and the real story behind the novel.
Author
Series
Kickers volume 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
Nine-year-old Ben, a natural athlete and member of the Bobcats co-ed soccer team, wants to overcome his inexperience and prove himself on the field, but his obnoxious teammate, Mark, keeps hogging the ball.
Author
Series
Charlie Bumpers volume 5
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Charlie, Tommy, and Hector have high hopes for their soccer team this season until they find out that their new coach isn't all that interested in the fantabulous plays the three friends have worked out together"--
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Maisy and her friends can't wait to play soccer! Maisy puts on her uniform, laces up her sneakers, and heads to the field. Charlie, Tallulah, and Dotty are on the blue team, while Maisy, Cyril, and Eddie are on the red. Let's play! Soon enough the game heats up, with plenty of action, excitement, and suspense. Who will be the first team to make a goal? Whatever the score, it's all in good fun, and everyone is still the best of friends at the end!"...
Author
Series
Betty Bunny books volume 4
Publisher
Dial Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
2014.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 27 cm
Language
English
Description
When a young rabbit quits soccer after a disappointing first game, her family encourages her to keep trying.
Author
Series
Doctor Proctor's fart powder volume 4
Publisher
Aladdin
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"When a Russian billionaire robs the Norwegian Gold Reserve and melts the last remaining gold bar into the Premier Soccer League trophy, it's up to Doctor Proctor, Nilly and Lisa to recapture it"--
Author
Publisher
Harper
Pub. Date
[2012]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
31 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
Pinkalicious and her soccer team, the Pinksters, play their first game against the Ravens, but when the ball is kicked off the field, Pinkalicious chases it and is picked up by Goldilicious for a trip around the world.
9) Soccer hour
Author
Publisher
Marshall Cavendish Children
Pub. Date
[2011]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 24 x 31 cm
Language
English
Description
Pictures and rhyming text describe the drills and scrimmages of a team at soccer practice.
Author
Series
Boxcar children volume 136
Publisher
Albert Whitman & Company
Language
English
Formats
Description
"A talented young soccer player in Greenfield is given the honor of being a child mascot at an international soccer tournament in Brazil, but when an anonymous letter insists that she doesn't deserve to go, the Aldens investigate"--
13) Go for the goal!
Author
Publisher
Peachtree Publishers
Pub. Date
2012.
Physical Desc
137 pages ; 19 cm.
Language
English
Description
Thirteen-year-old Josh joins an elite travel league soccer team on which the individual members are all talented but not playing well as a team, so their coach suggests that they do some team-building exercises.
15) Game-day jitters
Author
Series
Kickers volume 4
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
[2011]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
115 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
With help from his older brother Larry, nine-year-old Ben learns to cope with his nervousness about the Kickers League playoffs. Includes "Ben's Top Ten Tips for Soccer Players."
Author
Publisher
Feiwel and Friends
Pub. Date
[2016]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
357 pages : illustration ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
When he is banned from his school's soccer team for an infraction he didn't commit, Noah must find his own way to enter the Schools' World Cup tournament and joins up with an unlikely cast of teammates, St. Mary's School for Girls.
17) The sock thief
Author
Publisher
Albert Whitman & Company
Pub. Date
2015.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 23 x 29 cm
Language
English
Description
"Brazilian boy Felipe doesn't have a soccer ball. When it's his turn to bring one to school, he uses a little bit of creativity and a few socks borrowed from his neighbors"--
18) Beyond lucky
Author
Publisher
Dial Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2011]
Physical Desc
250 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
Twelve-year-old Ari Fish is sure that the rare trading card he found has changed his luck and that of his soccer team, but after the card is stolen he comes to know that we make our own luck, and that heroes can be fallible.
19) Shutout
Author
Publisher
Farrar Straus Giroux
Pub. Date
2010.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
183 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
Fourteen-year-old Amanda and her best friend Lena start high school looking forward to playing on the varsity soccer team, but when Lena makes varsity and Amanda only makes junior varsity, their long friendship rapidly changes.
20) Soccerland
Author
Series
Publisher
Marshall Cavendish
Pub. Date
2010.
Physical Desc
231 pages ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Description
Two years after her mother's death of cancer, fourteen-year-old Flora leaves the family's Maine farm for Colorado's International Sports Academy, where fierce competition could end their dream of Flora playing for U.S. Soccer.
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