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1) Key player
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2022.
Lexile measure
600L
Language
English
Formats
Description
"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 she needs to earn a spot at journalism camp. But as always, Mia Tang is ready with a plan: she'll track down the two...
Author
Series
Lexile measure
HL 670L
Language
English
Formats
Description
"There are no mistakes in love. Captain of the soccer team, president of the Debate Club, contender for valedictorian: Taylors always pushed herself to be perfect. After all, thats what is expected of a senators daughter. But one impulsive decisionone lie to cover for her boyfriendand Taylors kicked out of private school. Everything shes worked so hard for is gone, and now shes starting over at Hundred Oaks High. Soccer has always been Taylors escape...
Author
Series
Captain Awesome volume no. 5
Lexile measure
680L
Physical Desc
113 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm.
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
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...
Author
Publisher
Imprint, a part of Macmillan Publishing Group, LLC
Pub. Date
2018.
Edition
First edition.
Lexile measure
HL 610L
Physical Desc
401 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
Injured high school soccer star Peyton Rios escapes to a small southern town after an abusive relationship leaves her reeling, and meets someone new.
Star soccer player Peyton Rios has an offer from her first-choice college--until she confronts her boyfriend about performance enhancing drugs, and finds herself falling down a flight of stairs. Now her knee--and maybe her dream of going pro--is shattered. With her future on the line, Peyton goes to...
Author
Publisher
Versify, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2022]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
231 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
Always turning to her Wheel of Fortunes, a cardboard circle covered with wisdom she's collected from fortune cookies, for answers and a dose of luck, 12-year-old Maya must find the courage to write her own fortune to answer her deep-down questions.
Author
Publisher
Chronicle Books
Pub. Date
[2022]
Lexile measure
550L
Physical Desc
262 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
Eleven-year-old injured soccer player Luz has a hard enough time reframing her identity as a computer programmer, but when her Guatemalan half-sister moves in, she learns what it truly means to start over. Includes author's note.
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2012
Edition
1st ed.
Lexile measure
470L
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.
10) Soccer star!
Author
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
[2021]
Physical Desc
24 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
Cricket loves soccer, but can she become her team's captain?
Author
Publisher
Balzer + Bray, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2020]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
392 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
1979. Susan Klintock is a junior in high school with a lot of sexual fantasies--but not a lot of sexual experience. No boy she knows has been worth taking a shot on. That is, until Bobby McMann arrives. Bobby is foxy, charming--and the coach of the brand-new girls' soccer team. Sure, he's off limits. But that doesn't mean Susan can't try out for the team to get closer to him. And she's always liked a challenge. Between the endless drills and grueling...
12) Underdogs
Publisher
Anchor Bay Entertainment
Pub. Date
2015.
Edition
Widescreen version.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (106 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Jake is a shy but talented foosball player. His passion for the game is rivaled only by his love for free spirited Laura. With her encouragement, he beats the town bully, Ace, in a foosball game. But everything changes when Ace becomes the world's best soccer player and returns years later to turn their village into a new sports stadium.
13) He Who Dreams
Author
Series
Publisher
Orca Book Publishers
Pub. Date
[2017]
Lexile measure
630L
Physical Desc
1 online resource (137 pages).
Language
English
Description
Juggling soccer, school, friends, and family leave John with little time for anything else. But one day at the local community center, following the sound of drums, he stumbles into an Indigenous dance class. Before he knows what's happening, John finds himself stumbling through beginner classes with a bunch of little girls, skipping a soccer practice, and letting his other responsibilities slide. When he attends a pow wow and witnesses a powerful...
Author
Publisher
Wendy Lamb Books, an imprint of Random House Children's Books
Pub. Date
[2021]
Edition
First edition.
Lexile measure
660L
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.
16) 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...
17) Soccer hero
Author
Pub. Date
2007
Lexile measure
700L
Physical Desc
89 pages ; 19 cm
Language
English
Description
Rob Lasher is just and 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. Kids will learn that doing what is right should be the norm, not the exception.
Author
Series
Futbolísimos volume 13
Publisher
Ediciones SM
Pub. Date
2018.
Edition
Primera edición.
Physical Desc
333 pages : color illustrations ; 22 cm.
Language
Español
Description
Otra emocionante aventura de ¡Los Futbolísimos! El curso está a punto de terminar y sin embargo... llega un chico nuevo al colegio. Viene de Rusia, es un crack jugando al fútbol y se llama Víctor con K, aunque él prefiere que le llamen NÚMERO 13.¿Qué tendrá que ver el número de la mala suerte con este misterioso compañero?
Author
Series
Futbolísimos volume 21
Publisher
Ediciones SM
Pub. Date
2022.
Edition
Primera edición.
Physical Desc
326 pages : color illustrations ; 22 cm.
Language
Español
Description
"Los Futbolísimos acaban de aterrizar en Almería para jugar torneo de la microalga. Pero esta vez tienen una misión secreta: resolver el misterio de Nix. Una niña que nadie sabe de dónde es y solo dice una palabra. Pero ¿por qué Nix es tan especial? Y, sobre todo, ¡¿cómo puede jugar tan bien al fútbol?! ¡Una nueva aventura para los Futbolísimos!
Author
Series
Futbolísimos volume 22
Publisher
Ediciones SM
Pub. Date
2022.
Edition
Primera edición.
Physical Desc
341 pages : color illustrations ; 22 cm.
Language
Español
Description
Los Futbolísimos ya están en África, preparados para luchar por el título de campeones contra los mejores del mundo. Lo que no se esperan es que una visita a los niños y las niñas de Ciudad Esperanza lo cambie todo, incluso al propio equipo de Soto Alto que ya nunca volverá a ser el mismo.