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Reviews and Commentary for Abby the Bad Sport (Baby-Sitters Club , No 110)
Synopsis:
When soccer season comes to Stoneybrook, Abby joins a Special Olympics Unified Sports soccer team but develops a fierce rivalry with another player. Original."
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from Taipei,Taiwan R.O.C. , 12/12/97, rating=9:
this book was good!!!
this book was one of ann's greatest books.i loved it!!!hope ya'll can read it.... -Irene Chang
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Reviews and Commentary for Breakaway
Synopsis:
The story of a young boy who learns to break away from the limits of a harsh reality and reach for impossible dreams. Luke's single mother works 12-hour shifts just to pay for necessities. So Luke watches other boys compete, as he dreams of soccer glory and the father he never knew until a new, strong-willed girl in class helps Luke understand that he must make his own dreams come true.
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Sixth grader Luke, who never got a chance to know his father, is convinced that he can follow in his footsteps as a great soccer player, but he finds that success takes more than good genes.
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Reviews and Commentary for Breakaway
From Booklist , 03/01/97:
Gr. 7-12. With rare honesty, this story of a Chinese Canadian boy's coming-of-age captures the conflicts and compromises, the love and rage, of an outsider's search for identity. At 18, Kwok bitterly resents being ordered around by his father in the never-ending chores on their pig farm near Vancouver during the hard times of the Depression. At school, Kwok is teased by the white kids; yet, as a first-generation Canadian, he doesn't feel he belongs in nearby Chinatown either; he wishes he could just get away. Yee is open about the racism that Kwok encounters in the classroom, on the soccer field, in his bid for a university scholarship, and from the financial community. But the heart of the novel is the family: Kwok's mother drives him to get an education; his father wants Kwok on the farm; both parents want Kwok's sister to marry an older stranger for his money. When Kwok finally decides to stay on the farm, there's no sweet bonding; just a bleak respect for his father's struggle and an acceptance of their tangled heritage.
Copyright© 1997, American Library Association. All rights reserved
Synopsis:
In this poignant coming of age story, 18-year-old Kwok-ken Wong is caught between two worlds. It is 1932 and as the only Chinese boy at his Vancouver school, Kwok is repeatedly stung by the racism hurled his way, from classmates and teachers. Then Kwok joins the Chinese community's soccer team and develops a sense of pride in his heritage and people.
Midwest Book Review :
In 1932 Vancouver, life is an uphill battle for 18 year old Kowk-ken Wong. When he's not slogging through chores on his family's struggling farm, he's studying hard to try to win a university soccer scholarship. The scholarship, he desperately hopes, will be his ticket away from his father's constant criticism, the poverty and hardship of farm life, and from the Chinese community that he doesn't feel he really belongs to. But trying to make his way in a white person's world where racism has a strong grip has him wondering if a young Chinese man, no matter how gifted, can make a good life for himself. Paul Yee's hard-hitting novel tells a story that is still timely and true today.
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Reviews and Commentary for Cherry Cola Champions
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Disgruntled at first when a slow, fat girl is put on the fourth grade soccer team, Alex makes a decision to help her improve, a project which pays off for everyone concerned.
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Reviews and Commentary for The Comeback Challenge
From Booklist, 01/01/96:
Gr. 4^-6. Mark, age 12, who is living with his grandparents while his parents squabble over custody, is anxious about fitting in on his new soccer team. He's pleased to discover that some of the skills he learned while living in England help the team, but the team captain, Vince, doesn't want to share team glory with a newcomer. The story is formulaic, but Christopher sets up some strong play-by-play action and mixes it with a message about the importance of acknowledging bad feelings and communicating with others. Parents and teachers may object to the fact that schoolwork and reading are never mentioned, but die-hard sports fans who resist reading may find that makes the story all the more tempting.
Copyright© 1996, American Library Association. All rights reserved
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When Mark Conway turns violent on the soccer field, no one is more surprised than he is. Will he be able to figure out what's bothering him before his teammates turn against him?
Synopsis:
When his parents' divorce escalates into a bitter custody battle, 12-year-old Mark Conway moves in with his grandparents. Although Mark seems to be coping well with the change, one day on the soccer field, he loses his temper, and his rage surprises everyone--even himself.
Card catalog description :
Mark, center for his middle school's soccer team the Scorpions, must cope with his parents' divorce and a teammate who holds a grudge against him.
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Reviews and Commentary for The Comeback Challenge
From Booklist, 01/01/96:
Gr. 4^-6. Mark, age 12, who is living with his grandparents while his parents squabble over custody, is anxious about fitting in on his new soccer team. He's pleased to discover that some of the skills he learned while living in England help the team, but the team captain, Vince, doesn't want to share team glory with a newcomer. The story is formulaic, but Christopher sets up some strong play-by-play action and mixes it with a message about the importance of acknowledging bad feelings and communicating with others. Parents and teachers may object to the fact that schoolwork and reading are never mentioned, but die-hard sports fans who resist reading may find that makes the story all the more tempting.
Copyright© 1996, American Library Association. All rights reserved
Synopsis:
When his parents' divorce escalates into a bitter custody battle, 12-year-old Mark Conway moves in with his grandparents. Although Mark seems to be coping well with the change, one day on the soccer field, he loses his temper, and his rage surprises everyone--even himself.
Synopsis:
When Mark Conway turns violent on the soccer field, no one is more surprised than he is. Will he be able to figure out what's bothering him before his teammates turn against him?
Card catalog description :
Mark, center for his middle school's soccer team the Scorpions, must cope with his parents' divorce and a teammate who holds a grudge against him.
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Reviews and Commentary for Converse All Star Soccer : How to Play Like a Pro (Converse All Star Sports Series)
The publisher, John Wiley & Sons :
This new title in the Converse All StarTM Sports Series provides all the guidance and encouragement for anyone from the age of 8 upwards to play soccer. Features around 50 photos and 50 illustrations, oversize trim, and high-speed, stop-action photography.
Synopsis:
A young player's guide to the fundamentals is filled with pointers, practice drills, and game strategies, covering everything from dribbling and passing to shooting and goal-keeping. Original.
The publisher, John Wiley & Sons :
This new title in the Converse All StarTM Sports Series provides all the guidance and encouragement for anyone from the age of 8 upwards to play soccer. Features around 50 photos and 50 illustrations, oversize trim, and high-speed, stop-action photography.
The publisher, John Wiley & Sons :
This Game Called Soccer
Training to Play
Dribbling
Passing
Receiving the Ball
Heading
Shooting
Goalkeeping
Strategy: Putting It All Together
Restarts
Glossary
Index.
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Reviews and Commentary for Disney's the Big Green : A Novel (Junior Novelization)
Synopsis:
When spunky British school teacher Anna Montgomery arrives in the dying town of Elma, Texas, everything changes. Almost overnight, Anna revitalizes the town spirit when she organizes the small community's first junior soccer team, The Big Green. Now, can this new team beat the undefeated Knights in the state finals? Based on the Fall comedy starring Steve Guttenburg and Olivia D'Abo.
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Reviews and Commentary for The Goalie
From Booklist, 12/01/96:
Gr. 4^-6. Julie MacNeil may be stubborn and ill-tempered, but that's because she's caught in the classic role confusion that follows a parent's death. Her father's appeals notwithstanding, she has given up her childhood to run the MacNeil household, and although she occasionally chafes at the burden, she is too afraid to let go. Practically her only link to kids her age is soccer. It's a double whammy, then, when Dad brings home a girlfriend, divorced Eliza True, who comes with her son, Benji, an ace soccer goalie who has just joined Julie's team. The climax is no surprise, nor is the happy ending. Along the way, however, Shreve does a masterful job of limning Julie's mixed-up feelings and orchestrates some truly unforgettable scenes--as when Julie and her sister, Tally, plaster the walls with pictures of their dead mother in anticipation of Eliza's first visit. Loving, losing, and letting go--a familiar scenario, well and forcefully carried out here.
Copyright© 1996, American Library Association. All rights reserved
Synopsis:
Julie has become used to being in charge around the house where her widowed father presides somewhat absent-mindedly. She's also a fierce competitor on the soccer team. So she sees her biggest challenge when her father starts dating the mother of Benji True, her arch rival for the coveted position of goalie.
Card catalog description :
Julie MacNeil feels threatened both in the family and on the soccer field when her widower father begins to date the mother of her arch-rival Benji True.
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Reviews and Commentary for Hero for a Season (A T.J. Book)
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Nine-year-old T.J. receives God's help in unexpected ways when he collects cans to recycle for cash to help his soccer teammate Ricky Rodriquez and his family, who are experiencing both bad luck and discrimination.