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Armas, Elena Chiaverini, Jennifer Garcia, Kami Greenfeld, Karl Taro Yang, Kelly Yu, BillYu, Bill
Summary: Katie Flanagan was a star striker on her old school's soccer team. But at Peabody, there is no girls' soccer team. The school district allows Katie to try out for the boys' team. Having a girl play on the boys' team causes some conflict. Can Katie overcome these barriers? Includes discussion prompts, a soccer quiz, and fun facts about soccer. Aligned to Common Core standards and correlated to...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Graphic Panet, an imprint of Magic Wagon 2019
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1 available in Juvenile Graphic Novels, Call number: J 741.5 YUChiaverini, Jennifer
Summary: Early in the Great War, men left Britain's factories in droves to enlist. Struggling to keep up production, arsenals hired women to build the weapons the military urgently needed. "Be the Girl Behind the Man Behind the Gun," the recruitment posters beckoned. Thousands of women-cooks, maids, shopgirls, and housewives-answered their nation's call. These "munitionettes" worked grueling shifts...
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Publisher / Publication Date: William Morrow 2023
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC CHIChiaverini, Jennifer
Summary: In the Great War, arsenals hired women to build the weapons. Joining them is Lucy Dempsey, who also joins the ladies' football club, the Thornshire Canaries, the one place where class distinction and fears for their men dissolve.
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Publisher / Publication Date: HarperCollins 2023
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Summary: True has a singular path: to be the greatest soccer player of her generation. But to realize her dream, she’ll need to make the Under-17 National Team, then the Residency Program, and the ultimate: the US Women’s National Team. Otherwise she can say goodbye to the Women’s World Cup. And True will do whatever it takes to be the top girl on the field. True has to stay focused because her family...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Little A 2018
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC GREGarcia, Kami
Summary: When star soccer player Peyton Rios receives an offer from her first-choice college, senior year starts off exactly as planned. But when Peyton uncovers her boyfriend’s dark secret, she confronts him―and finds herself falling down a flight of stairs. Peyton’s knee―and maybe her dream of going pro―is shattered. Everyone is talking: Was she pushed, or did she fall? Peyton knows the truth, even if...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Imprint 2018
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1 available in Young Adult Collection, Call number: YA FIC GARYang, Kelly
Summary: 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...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2022
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Summary: "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...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic Press 2022
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC YANArmas, Elena
Summary: "Adalyn Reyes has spent years perfecting her daily routine: wake up at dawn, drive to the Miami Flames FC offices, try her hardest to leave a mark, go home, and repeat. But her routine is disrupted when a video of her in an altercation with the team's mascot goes viral. Rather than fire her, the team's owner-who happens to be her father-sends Adalyn to middle-of-nowhere North Carolina, where...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Atria Paperback 2023