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1) Kick it, Mo!
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31 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm.
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English
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When soccer season starts, Mo, who has been working hard to improve his kicking skills, wonders if he will ever get a chance to show his team what he can do.
2) Soccer mania
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Nancy Clancy volume 6
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English
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As her third-grade class makes its selections for the "Graveyard of Boring Words" and learns about "superb synonyms," slow-footed Nancy enthusiastically plays on the soccer team, with the goal of just being mediocre, or maybe even a little better than average.
3) The field
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1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 23 x 29 cm
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English
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Children form teams, build a pitch, and play a joyous game of soccer, in a book with English and Creole (as spoken in Saint Lucia) vocabulary words.
4) Soccer game!
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1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 23 cm.
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English
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Brief rhyming text follows a group of children through some exciting plays during a soccer game.
5) Soccer star
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1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 30 cm
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English
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Just in time for the World Cup, an inspiring story of a Brazilian boy who dreams of being a soccer star and the sister who steps in to help his team win a game.
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Spacemice volume 4
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122 pages : color illustrations, color map ; 20 cm.
Language
Español
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"La Rat Galaxy ha recibido un mensaje urgente: ¡es una invitación para participar en el Campeonato Galáctico de Fútbolix, el deporte más seguido en toas las galaxias! Para los cosmorratones supondrá el inicio de una gran aventura ... Y es que, con adversarios alados o provistos de siete patas, ¡no puede negarse que el fútbolix es un deporte realmente duro!"--Cover.
The spacemice have received an invitation to participate in the intergalactic...
8) On the ball
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1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 23 x 29 cm
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English
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"Owen loves soccer, but isn't the best at playing it. After a particularly disastrous day on the field, Owen is benched. He is feeling so low that he doesn't notice the ball rolling away from him until it's too late. In his effort to get it back, he discovers that he has more skills than he realizes"--
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197 pages ; 22 cm
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English
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"After The Childhood of Jesus and The Schooldays of Jesus, the Nobel prize-winning author completes his haunting trilogy with a new masterwork, The Death of Jesus. In Estrella, David has grown to be a tall ten-year-old who is a natural at soccer, and loves kicking a ball around with his friends. His father Simón and Bolívar the dog usually watch while his mother Inés now works in a fashion boutique. David still asks many questions, challenging...
11) The sock thief
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English
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"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"--
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187 pages ; 20 cm
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English
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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...
14) Soccer shocker
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Project droid volume 2
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English
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"When Java joins Logan's soccer team, becoming the best player (as only a robot can), Logan must learn that the team comes first"--
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English
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"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!"...
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English
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Instead of volunteering to provide halftime snacks, a dedicated Soccer Dad decides to join his son's soccer team. In a hilarious role reversal, the son becomes the frustrated expert who teaches his dad how to be a team player. Dad complains about having to play defense (boring!) and thinks playing soccer is all about winning. When his son explains that soccer is about having fun, Dad picks dandelions, fools around on the sidelines and kicks the practice...
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Every day with April and Mae volume 3
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English
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April and Mae are best friends, and their pets are best friends, too! On Tuesdays, April and Mae play soccer. Mae likes to run, and April likes to cheer. But this Tuesday, Mae slips on the muddy field and misses a goal. April tries to cheer up her friend, but Mae is sad and mad. Can April help Mae feel better?
"April and Mae are best friends (and so are their pets). When Mae misses a soccer goal, April helps her realize that the fun is playing, not...
18) Soccer superstar
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65 pages : chiefly color illustrations ; 24 cm.
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English
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Thirteen-year-old Javier Moreno has just transferred to Howard Middle School, but his skill as a striker is already well known and the Bisons are expecting that he will turn their season around; but soon the fame goes to his head, and he starts hogging the ball and showing off--and it is up to his friend Aimee to remind him that soccer is a team sport.
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"Separated from his family when they were forced to flee their home, a young East African boy named Deo lives alone in the Lukole refugee camp in Tanzania. With scarce resources at the camp, bullies have formed gangs to steal what they can, and a leader named Remy has begun targeting Deo. Then one day a coach gathers all the children to play soccer. Though Deo loves soccer and has even made his own ball out of banana leaves, he's unsure at first about...
20) Far from normal
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233 pages ; 21 cm
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English
Description
"Maddie McPherson is sick of Normal--both her hometown of Normal, Illinois and being the 'normal' sibling. But when she lands a summer internship with a sports marketing firm, she finally has a chance to crawl out of her genius brother's shadow. Not to mention, a glowing letter of recommendation could secure her admission to her dream college"--Amazon.
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