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21) Rocky takes L.A
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Soccer diaries volume 1
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"Rocky Race is not your average fourteen year old. She's determined, ambitious and the best football player you've ever seen. So, when she gets a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to attend a prestigious soccer camp in California, USA, she takes it. But far from home, Rocky suddenly finds herself out of her comfort zone. Fake friends, her own anxieties and a brand new world with strange rules all threaten to derail her new life before it's even started--does...
22) Snow soccer
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Sarimah has played soccer in Syria on a sandy field. When she moves to Canada with her family as refugees, she is surprised to find that the kids at her school play soccer in the snow. She feels clumsy and slow in her winter coat and boots, until she realizes that playing soccer in the snow is like playing the game in the sand. Her skills win her a place on the girls league team. But can she learn to play organized soccer on a team, and show her teammates...
23) Hat trick
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With the playoffs over, Devin and her seventh-grade friends decide to try out for a soccer travel team, but friendships are threatened because not everyone makes it on to the tough, competitive team, and in the mean time the girls are faced with a crisis--budget cuts threaten to eliminate the soccer program at the elementary school Devin's little sister attends.
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Charlie Stubbs has one passion in life - playing football. When his family moved from Dublin to Manchester it was hard, but at least he was close to his favourite team. Manchester United. Now twelve, Charlie's been in top form all season for the Salford Devils and a scout from Manchester United has been keeping a close eye on him! With his beloved grandfather coming to visit, everything is looking great ... But then tragedy strikes and Charlie's life...
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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.
27) Betting game
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"Jack's a star player on an elite soccer team along with his brother, Alex. The Lancers are on top of the league, even favored to win the National Championship. But the game's about to change. A slick bookie wins Jack's friendship and introduces him to illegal betting. Before long, Jack is hooked on the adrenaline rush, and early wins convince him that gambling could make him rich. Meanwhile, an ever-widening rift is forming between the two brothers....
28) He who dreams
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"When John discovers dancing, he finds himself facing ridicule from his soccer teammates and hostility from the dancers at the cultural center. To dance at the Pow Wow, he must learn to balance his responsibilities, confront his fears and embrace both the Irish and the Cree sides of his heritage"--Back cover.
"In this high-interest, accessible novel for teen readers, a soccer star surprises everyone by signing up for Indigenous dance classes."--
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Captain Awesome volume 5
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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.
32) Kickin' it
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Luis finally gets to play on a real soccer team. He can't wait to show off his skills to his teammates and coach. Can he show his team that he's a team player before the big game? Includes a writing prompt, tips to organize a soccer party, and discussion questions!
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In illustrated diary format, the hilarious tale of a boy who is a soccer star - not! Marcus is a math whiz who is not good at sports. But his dad, a self-help author, is convinced otherwise. He believes that Marcus can achieve anything he sets his mind to - with hilarious results. Marcus's gentle, satiric humor and comic drawings will have readers laughing out loud while learning a surprising amount about soccer.
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When a new gym teacher introduces her gym class to soccer, Yasmin fears it will be as rough as the professional sport but must try to find courage to play goalie.
"Todos en la clase de gimnasia de Yasmin están emocionados por jugar fútbol, excepto Yasmin. Ella ha visto jugar a los profesionales, ¡y parece aterrador! Cuando Yasmin es elegida como arquera, ¿dará un paso adelante o renunciará?"--
36) Soccer star!
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An all-new Step 2 Step into Reading reader with stickers featuring the fairies from Nickelodeon's Butterbean's Cafe. Butterbean's sister Cricket loves soccer, but can she become her team's captain? Boys and girls ages 3 to 7 who love Nickelodeon's Butterbean's Cafe will thrill to this Step 2 Step into Reading leveled reader with over 30 stickers. Step 2 Readers use basic vocabulary and short sentences to tell simple stories. For children who recognize...
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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.