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1) Soccer hero
Author
Publisher
Little, Brown
Language
English
Description
Rob Lasher is just an ordinary soccer player, good at the game, but not great. Then one afternoon, he saves his coach's life in front of all his teammates. Suddenly, he's the team's hero. As some members of his team and the rest of the town continue to laud Rob's heroic act, Rob realizes he doesn't want the attention and any unearned accolades that come with it.
2) Keeper
Author
Series
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2005, c2003
Edition
1st U.S. ed.
Physical Desc
225 p. ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
In an interview with a young journalist, World Cup hero, El Gato, describes his youth in the Brazilian rain forest and the events, experiences, and people that helped make him a great goalkeeper and renowned soccer star.
Author
Publisher
Teacher Created Materials
Pub. Date
[2014]
Physical Desc
32 pages : color illustrations ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
The Caterpillars were amazed by soccer superstars Diego Maradona and Mia Hamm. They cheered for Christiano Ronaldo. These great players made it look like they controlled the ball with a piece of string. Could the Caterpillars become stars, too?
Author
Series
Publisher
Harper
Pub. Date
c2012
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
31 p. : col. ill. ; 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.
Author
Series
Aven Green volume 4
Publisher
Union Square Kids
Pub. Date
[2023]
Physical Desc
101 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
Eight-year-old expert soccer player Aven Green learns to share the spotlight and be a good team player when her friend Sujata joins the team.
Author
Publisher
Wendy Lamb Books
Pub. Date
[2021]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
276 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
After moving to Sacramento to take over his grandparent's Filipino market, sixth-grader Alex seeks popularity by selling homemade slime at school, while his father insists he join a soccer team.
10) I like me better
Author
Publisher
Inkyard Press
Pub. Date
2023.
Physical Desc
344 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
This is not how soccer-star Zack Martin thought his summer would go. When the captain's prank means trouble for the whole squad, Zack's left with no choice but to take one for the team and cover for him. Now he's trading parties and beach days for community service at a seaside conservation center--fair enough. But thanks to his new reputation, the cute intern, Chip, won't even give him a shot. Still, Zack finds himself falling for Chip between dolphin...
Author
Series
Captain Awesome volume no. 5
Language
English
Description
Second-grader Eugene McGillicudy finds that he can tap the power of Captain Awesome without wearing the costume, as he scores a goal for his soccer team.
Author
Series
Publisher
Stone Arch Books, an imprint of Capstone
Pub. Date
[2022]
Physical Desc
89 pages ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
Seventh-grader Gabriella Carter, goalie for Stratford Park Middle School, was given the treasured medal of professional soccer star Shaune Covington to hold for a week, but now it has disappeared from her backpack; clearly somebody took it, and it is up to Gabriella and her friends to gather clues, check alibis, and figure out who took the precious medal--and why.
Author
Series
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pub. Date
[2017]
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : chiefly color illustration ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
After accidentally ruining his friend's soccer game, Curious George enrolls in a soccer camp where he learns about the rules of the game and makes some mischief for the team.
14) Big game jitters
Author
Publisher
Formac Publishing Company Limited
Pub. Date
2017.
Physical Desc
94 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
When Max's soccer team plays the school bully's team, Max must come up with a secret game to calm his Super Fidgets or it may cost his team the championship.
Author
Publisher
Quill Tree Books, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
[2023]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
292 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
"Will loves playing center midfield on his middle school soccer team. This year, though, Will hasn't felt like himself: his stomach has been bothering him, and he has no energy at all. When his new doctor diagnoses him with Crohn's disease, Will hopes that means he'll start feeling better soon and he can get back to playing with his team before the season ends. But Will's new medicines come with all kinds of side effects, and his body needs to heal...
16) Key player
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Mia Tang is going for the goal in the fourth Front Desk novel by New York Times bestselling author Kelly Yang! The Women's World Cup coming to Southern California, everyone is soccer-crazy -- especially Mia Tang! The U.S. is playing China in the finals, and Mia feels like her two identities are finally coming together. Less exciting, though? The fact that her P.E. teacher wants Mia to get out of the soccer field, too -- or fall short of the grade...
Author
Publisher
Cassava Republic Press
Pub. Date
[2023]
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 21 x 26 cm
Language
English
Description
"8 year-old Obioma is a football star. She uses a special stick to score goals and never loses a race in her wheelchair! But when she moves to a new city, she has to go to a new school where she has no friends, and everyone calls her 'the girl with the wheelchair.' Obioma misses playing football most of all, until one day a girl named Ayana askes her to race. Once they start playing football, everyone joins in and Obioma finds a new team to play with!"...
Author
Publisher
Feiwel and Friends
Pub. Date
2023.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
376 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
Seventeen-year-old Valentina jeopardizes her future when she gets into an altercation with her rival, Leticia, during a soccer game, so the two girls must co-captain a soccer team to redeem themselves and what starts as a shaky alliance of necessity blossoms into something more.
Author
Series
Whistle! volume 4
Publisher
Viz Communications
Pub. Date
[2005], ©1998
Edition
Shonen Jump graphic novel ed.
Physical Desc
197 pages : chiefly illustrations ; 19 cm.
Language
English
Description
Josui played an incredible match against their cross-town rivals and find themselves fielding inquiries from players who want to join their team. One of them is Yuki Kojima, the team's manager, who is cute, sweet, plays a mean game of soccer--and female. Now all Team Josui needs is a coach.
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