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1) Kick it, Mo!
Author
Series
Publisher
Penguin Young Readers, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC
Pub. Date
2018.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1.8 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
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.
Author
Series
Publisher
G.P. Putnam's Sons
Pub. Date
[2019]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.2 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Nearly three weeks after starting to play soccer, Max shares his "expert" knowledge of clothing, warm-ups, cheering for his teammates--everything but actually kicking the ball.
Author
Series
Publisher
Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2021]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"Time out! Simon got Max Brutus's prized World Cup soccer ball stuck in the tallest tree in Picasso Park! Now he's in more trouble than a tater tot in ketchup. Can his friends at Table 5 help him get the ball before the big game? Or has Simon's luck maxed out?"-- Provided by publisher.
7) On the ball
Author
Publisher
Disney Hyperion
Pub. Date
2015.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1.7 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"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"-- Provided by publisher.
Author
Series
Boxcar children volume 136
Publisher
Albert Whitman & Company
Pub. Date
2014.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
"A talented young soccer player in Greenfield is given the honor of being a child mascot at an international soccer tournament in Brazil, but when an anonymous letter insists that she doesn't deserve to go, the Aldens investigate"--
11) The comeback
Author
Series
Publisher
James Lorimer & Company Ltd., Publishers
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
"On the surface, fourteen-year-old Chris is pretty average, playing hockey and having friends. But underneath it all, Chris is depressed, full of self-blame and negative thoughts. He quits his hockey team, feeling he has let them down, but his doctor suggests that he should pick up another sport. Chris starts playing soccer, and the positive benefits of sport start to take effect: he is motivated and has fewer self-doubts. But former hockey teammate...
13) Defending champ
Author
Publisher
Philomel Books
Pub. Date
2021.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
Description
When the girls soccer team learns it has been canceled due to budget cuts, they come up with a plan to raise the necessary funds through a face-off with the boys’ team, which is led by sneering superstar Chase Gwinn.
14) Captain Disaster
Author
Series
Squish volume 4
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
c2012
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.1 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Squish, comic book fan and grade school amoeba, is made captain of his soccer team and following the example of his favorite superhero, must figure out how to turn a losing streak around without losing his friends.
15) Select
Author
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
[2023]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
Description
"Twelve-year-old Alex loves playing soccer, and she's good at it, too. Very good. When her skills land her a free ride to play for Select, an elite soccer club, it feels like a huge opportunity. Joining Select could be the key to a college scholarship and a bright future--one that Alex's family can't promise her. But as the team gets better and better, her new coach pushes the players harder and harder, until soccer starts to feel more like punishment...
16) Tangerine
Author
Publisher
Scholastic
Pub. Date
1998, c1997
Language
English
Description
Twelve-year-old Paul, who lives in the shadow of his football hero brother Erik, fights for the right to play soccer despite his near blindness and slowly begins to remember the incident that damaged his eyesight.
Author
Publisher
Dial Books
Pub. Date
2021.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 10
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
"Fifteen-year-old Spencer Harris is a proud nerd, an awesome big brother, and a David Beckham in training. He's also transgender. After transitioning at his old school leads to a year of isolation and bullying, Spencer gets a fresh start at Oakley, the most liberal private school in Ohio. At Oakley, Spencer seems to have it all: more accepting classmates, a decent shot at a starting position on the boy's soccer team, great new friends, and maybe even...
18) Benchwarmers
Author
Series
Benchwarmers volume 1
Publisher
Farrar Straus Giroux
Pub. Date
2019.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
Description
Told in two voices, Jeff stands by his teammate, Andi, who fights to get on the sixth-grade soccer team and then must face opponents who target her for being a girl.
19) The Breakaways
Author
Publisher
First Second
Pub. Date
2019.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 2.2 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
When a popular student encourages her to join the soccer team, Faith signs up even though she has never played the game, and learns about loyalty and friendship.
20) Furia
Author
Publisher
Algonquin
Pub. Date
2020.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 11
Language
English
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Description
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.
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