Soccer Cats #1: The Captain Contest
by Matt Christopher
from Little, Brown Young Readers
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?
Tangerine
by Edward Bloor
from Scholastic Paperbacks
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.
Soccer Star! (Sports Stories Series)
by Jacqueline Guest
from Lorimer
For Samantha, whose military family is always on the move, soccer has been the one constant in her life.
Sam longs to show up Carly, her school's reigning soccer star, but her new interest in theatre is taking up a lot of time. Does Sam have the time to practice her sport and be the lead in the school play?
Soccer Star! is a novel about big ambitions and tough choices.
Red Card: A Zeke Armstrong Mystery (The Zeke Armstrong Mysteries, 1) (The Zeke Armstrong Mysteries, 1)
by Daniel J. Hale; Matthew Labrot
from Top
After living in a series of far-flung countries-and finding more than his share of trouble along the way-Zeke Armstrong thought he would finally lead the life of a normal thirteen-year-old when he moved to Dallas and joined the Sundogs soccer team. Instead, he goes to the Lone Star Invitational tournament and soon find himself in the middle of another adventure when someone tries to take his coach out the game-permanently. Will Zeke solve the mystery and help his team win the playoff, or will he ber the next victim?
Soccer Cats #2: Operation Baby Sitter
by Matt Christopher
from Little, Brown Young Readers
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!
Franklin Plays The Game
by Paulette Bourgeois
from Scholastic Paperbacks
Franklin learns the rewards of teamwork and sportsmanship.
Soccer 'Cats #3: Secret Weapon (Soccer 'cats)
by Matt Christopher
from Little, Brown Young Readers
Small for her age, Lisa Gaddy, the soccer team fullback, has trouble with her throw-ins from the sidelines until the coach devises a plan to turn her into a team asset.
Disney's Doug Makes the Team
by Nancy E. Krulik
from Disney Pr (Juv Trd)
Doug is looking forward to impressing Patti Mayonnaise with his awesome moves on the soccer field, but instead Coach Spitz makes Doug the team mascot. Always the good sport, Doug decides to be the best mascot Beebe Bluff Middle School ever had. In the end, he manages to both impress Patti and play soccer after she gets hurt at a crucial moment in the game.
Soccer Scoop (Matt Christopher Sports Classics)
by Matt Christopher
from Little Brown and Company
Mac is the best goalie on the team--and he's not afraid to let everyone know it. Then someone on the school paper creates a new comic strip that caricatures Mac and his performance on and off the field, sending him on a chase for the artist before things get out of hand.
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