Maddox, Jake.
Summary: Alex has just moved and joined a new soccer team, where she is expected to play a different position; when her error leads to the team's first loss she has to learn to put aside her pride and put the team first.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Stone Arch Books 2012
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1 available in Beginning Readers - Transitional Reader (Blue), Call number: JBR BLUE MADKann, Victoria.
Summary: 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.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper 2012
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE FIC KANManushkin, Fran
Summary: Pedro would love to be the goalie in the team's first game, but another boy is bigger--so all his friends come over to help him practice before the tryout.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Picture Window Books, a Capstone imprint 2017
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1 available in Beginning Readers - Transitional Reader (Blue), Call number: JBR BLUE MANWilhelm, Hans.
Summary: Ralph the rabbit prefers playing soccer to making Easter eggs until he is captured by a farmer.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic 1994
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JE FIC WILMaddox, Jake.
Summary: When a new boy joins the Titans soccer team, Berk, who has always played goalkeeper, is challenged for that position and he must decide whether to hold a grudge or act for the good of the team.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Stone Arch Books 2008
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JFIC MADGage, Leighton.
Summary: "It is the eve of the FIFA World Cup, the globe's premier sporting event. The host country is Brazil. All eyes are on the country's principal striker, Tico "The Artist" Santos, the greatest player in the history of the sport. All the politicians in Brasilia, from the President of the Republic on down, have their seats squared away for the finale, when they hope to see Argentina, Brazil's bitter...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Soho Crime 2011
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC GAGReid, C. L.
Summary: Emma, who is deaf and wears a cochlear implant, loves playing soccer with her friends Izzie and Chen, but when Izzie gets discouraged and wants to quit, Emma and Chen take the time to show her that improvement comes through practice. Includes discussion questions, writing prompts, an ASL fingerspelling chart, and a sign language guide.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Picture Window Books, an imprint of Capstone 2022
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1 available in Beginning Readers - Rising Reader (Purple), Call number: JBR PURPLE REIMaddox, Jake
Summary: Lily Davis's big sister and star soccer player, Jana, has left home for basic training, and now Lily's parents and coach want her to change positions, from goalie to striker, wear Jana's jersey, and fill her sister's shoes--at first she goes along with the switch, until a letter from Jana gives her the courage to tell them all that she is her own person, and that person is a goalie.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Stone Arch Books, a Capstone imprint 2018
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JFIC MADAwdry, W.
Summary: A soccer game on the Island of Sodor pits red engines against blue ones.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House 2016
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1 available in Beginning Readers - New Reader (Green), Call number: JBR GREEN AWDSandlin, Jay
Summary: "Football is a religion where Adrian "The Colombian Cannon" Molina comes from, and thanks to his wicked right leg he has a clear shot at the European Junior League. When a scout offers him a full scholarship to an elite prep school in London, the news seems too good to be true. His enrollment hits a snag upon meeting the team's star striker, Titan Evans. Titan is everything Adrian is not --...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Maverick 2022
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1 available in New YA Materials, Call number: YA 741.5 SANBerenstain, Mike
Summary: The Berenstain Bears enjoy playing soccer on a sunny afternoon, but when Mama gets too involved, the cubs take it upon themselves to remind her what the sport is really all about.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2016
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1 available in Beginning Readers - New Reader (Green), Call number: JBR GREEN BERCoy, John
Summary: Middle-schooler Jackson's baseball skills are not of much help when he and his friends go to soccer camp, and while there he learns that his mother's boyfriend has invited them to move into his house, and friend Diego's father is deployed to Afghanistan.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Feiwel and Friends 2010
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC COYMendez, Yamile Saied
Summary: Seventeen-year-old Camila Hassan, a rising soccer star in Rosario, Argentina, dreams of playing professionally, in defiance of her fathers' wishes and at the risk of her budding romance with Diego. Rosario, Argentina. At home Camila Hassan lives within her mother's narrow expectations, her soccer-star brother's shadow, and under the abusive rule of her short-tempered father. On the field, she...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Algonquin Young Readers 2020
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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC MENWallace, Rich
Summary: When the team goalie is injured during the soccer match, seventh-grader Griffin is called on to switch positions and play goal for the remainder of the season--and the playoffs.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Magic Wagon 2016
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1 available in J Series, Call number: J FIC WALMaddox, Jake
Summary: When Liv Sutcliffe's hair-trigger temper gets her tossed off her beloved soccer team and alienates her best friend, Liv realizes that she has to do something about her anger issues; so she takes a class in mindfulness and ends up coaching her teacher's son, Damien, in soccer moves--but will her efforts at anger management be successful enough get her reinstated before the big game?
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Publisher / Publication Date: Stone Arch Books, a Capstone Imprint 2019
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction Series, Call number: J FIC MADMeadows, Daisy.
Summary: While everyone in Fairyland is getting ready for the Fairy Olympics, Jack Frost's goblins steal the Sports Fairies' magic objects, and without Stacey the soccer fairy's magic ball, Rachel's favorite soccer team will never reach their goal.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic Inc. 2010
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1 available in Beginning Readers - Transitional Reader (Blue), Call number: JBR BLUE MEASanchez, Ricardo
Summary: Thirteen-year-old Franco dreams of playing professional soccer, but the team in his new school is terrible, and nobody on the team, including the coach, seems to care--Franco has always been a pass-first, team-first player, but persuading this bunch ball-hogs to play the right way may be more than he can handle.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Stone Arch Books, a Capstone imprint 2015
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1 available in Graphic Novels, Call number: JFIC SANMaddox, Jake
Summary: Worried sick about his baby brother's operation, twelve-year-old Dominic does not really feel much like playing soccer, so he just messes around on the field during practice--but when his grandfather teaches him some moves he starts to take an interest, and sets out to win the trust of his coach and teammates.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Stone Arch Books, a Capstone imprint 2015
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1 available in Juvenile- Series, Call number: J Fiction Maddox 2015Faruqi, Saadia
Summary: 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.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Picture Window Books, A Capstone imprint 2020
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1 available in Beginning Readers - Rising Reader (Purple), Call number: JBR PURPLE FARPeschke, M. (Marci)
Summary: After watching a soccer game, Kylie Jean is eager to try out for a local team, but she is disappointed that her cousin Lucy does not want to join her.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Picture Window Books, a Capstone imprint 2015
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1 available in Beginning Readers - Independent Reader (Red), Call number: JBR RED PESMaddox, Jake
Summary: Eighth-grader Simon Sanford and his friends Jacob and Mohammed are all excited for soccer tryouts, because this year they will probably be starters, but a newcomer, Trevor, is stealing the show; jealous, and worried about their positions on the team, the three start to sabotage their rival--until Simon gets a life lesson from his least favorite teacher.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Stone Arch Books 2018
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Summary: Will Owen's futsal team be able to work together in time for the upcoming game?
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Publisher / Publication Date: Picture Window Books, an imprint of Capstone 2022
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1 available in Beginning Readers - Rising Reader (Purple), Call number: JBR PURPLE MEIMaddox, Jake
Summary: Sixth-grader Alex really wants to make his middle school soccer team this year, but Jake, the class bully, keeps taunting him with his past failures--until Errol, a new student from Scotland, teaches him the importance of practice and teamwork.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Stone Arch Books a Capstone imprint 2015
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1 available in Juvenile- Series, Call number: J Fiction Maddox 2015Summary: "Peppa, George, and their friends get together to play a game of soccer: the boys against the girls! But what happens when the two teams can't agree on what's fair?" -- Page [4] cover.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic Inc. 2016