Fiction

Keeper - Touchdown Edition (Dream Series)

Sasha Beckdell Lewis is afraid of everything. Clowns. Cats. Snowballs. Most knives. Some forks. Car wash places. Sprinkler heads. Men in beards. Men in moustaches. Blood. Ketchup (because it looks like blood). Most kinds of cheeses. And that s just her starter list. But when her best friend, Courtney, forces her to try out for the girls soccer team, everything changes. Suddenly, things aren t so scary anymore. Through soccer, Sasha learns to not be afraid of the world. The author of this book, Holly Goldberg Sloan, is also the screenwriter of the Disney classic Angels in the Outfield.

Franklin Plays The Game

Franklin learns the rewards of teamwork and sportsmanship.

Soccer Cats #1: The Captain Contest

Dewey London and Bundy Neel are psyched about the new summer soccer league, until they learn about the contest to be team captain: whoever draws the best team logo will be named captain. Should artistic Dewey enter even though Bundy would make a better captain?

The Million Dollar Kick

Thirteen-year-old Whisper, who hates sports, is torn when she gets a chance to win a million dollars by kicking a goal against a local soccer hero.

Soccer Star! (Sports Stories Series)

Samantha Aqsarniq Keyes is used to a life on the move. Her military family has been transferred across Canada, and she's grown up with stories of her Inuit ancestors exploring the far north. For Sam, soccer has been the one constant in her life. But now that she's thirteen, her home base isn't the only thing that's changing.
Sam longs to show up Carly, her school's reigning soccer star, but Sam's new interest in theatre is taking up a lot of time. Does she have the time to practice her sport and be the lead in the school play? And just how far will she go to prove to her parents that she can handle more than one extracurricular activity?
Soccer Star! is a novel about big ambitions and tough choices.

Strawberry Shortcake Plays Soccer

Strawberry Shortcake and her pals are playing a friendly game of soccer. But feelings get hurt when Angel Cake cares more about winning than about having fun. In the end, Angel learns that friends are much more important than winning a game-and that being a bad sport is no fun!

Illustrated by Ken Edwards.

Tangerine

So what if he's legally blind? Even with his bottle-thick, bug-eyed glasses, Paul Fisher can see better than most people. He can see the lies his parents and brother live out, day after day. No one ever listens to Paul, though--until the family moves to Tangerine. In Tangerine, even a blind, geeky, alien freak can become cool. Who knows? Paul might even become a hero! Edward Bloor's debut novel sparkles with wit, authenticity, unexpected plot twists, and heart. The writing is so fine, the story so triumphant, that you just might stand up and shout when you get to the end. Hooray!

Paul Fisher¹s older brother has always been the football-playing hero of the family. But when the Fishers move to Tangerine, Florida, Paul enters a place where weird is normal. And suddenly the blind can see. TANGERINE as named a 1997 American Bookseller Pick of the Lists, an ALA Top-Ten Best Book, a Horn Book Fanfare Book, a Publishers Weekly Best Book of the Year, and an Edgar Award Nominee.

Champion Rose (Magic Attic Club)

Following a disagreement with a friend, Rose visits the magic mirror in Ellie's attic and finds herself as the captain of the Wildcats soccer team.

Kenny and the Little Kickers (Hello Reader! Level 2)

Although he feels shy and out of place on the playing field, Kenny agrees to try soccer.

Soccer Cats #2: Operation Baby Sitter

Bundy Neel works hard to be the best soccer player he can be. He always has encouraging words for his teammates and he works extra hard during practice and games. So why does his attitude change out of the blue? His teammates don't know it, but Bundy has been saddled with...a baby-sitter!