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"Abby Wambach has always pushed the limits of what is possible. Named by Time magazine as one of the most influential people of 2015, the iconic soccer player captured the nation's heart when she led her team to its recent World Cup Championship. Admired for her fearlessness and passion, Abby is a vocal advocate for women's rights and equal opportunity, pushing to translate the success of her team to the real world. She has become a heavily requested...
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Crown Archetype
Pub. Date
[2018]
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English
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"Masters of Modern Soccer is the definitive thinking fan's guide to modern soccer. For a supporter of any team, from the U.S. national teams to Manchester United, or any competition, from Mexico's Liga MX to the World Cup, this book reveals what players and managers are thinking before, during, and after games and delivers a true behind-the-scenes perspective on the inner workings of the sport's brightest minds. America's premier soccer journalist,...
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IFC Films
Pub. Date
[2016]
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English
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Pele. A name known around the world, a sports legend who changed soccer forever, and a national hero who carried the hopes and dreams of a country on his back. But before he was an icon, he was a kid from the slums of Sao Paulo, Brazil, so poor that he couldn't afford a real soccer ball.
7) Underdogs
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Anchor Bay Entertainment
Pub. Date
2015.
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English
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Jake is a shy but talented foosball player. His passion for the game is rivaled only by his love for free spirited Laura. With her encouragement, he beats the town bully, Ace, in a foosball game. But everything changes when Ace becomes the world's best soccer player and returns years later to turn their village into a new sports stadium.
8) One life
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An instant New York Times bestseller!
“Rapinoe's 'signature pose' from the 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup is synonymous to the feeling we got when finishing this book: heart full, arms wide and ready to take up space in this world.”—USA Today
Megan Rapinoe, Olympic gold medalist and two-time Women's World Cup champion, reveals for the first time her life both on and...
“Rapinoe's 'signature pose' from the 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup is synonymous to the feeling we got when finishing this book: heart full, arms wide and ready to take up space in this world.”—USA Today
Megan Rapinoe, Olympic gold medalist and two-time Women's World Cup champion, reveals for the first time her life both on and...
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2023.
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"A sapphic rivals to lovers rom com for fans of Ted Lasso and A League of Their Own, where two soccer teammates are at odds before falling in love as their team gears up for the World Cup. Grace Henderson has been a star of the US Women's National Team for ten years, even though she's only 26. But when she's sidelined with an injury, a bold new upstart, Phoebe Matthews, takes her spot. 22-year-old Phoebe is everything Grace isn't-a gregarious jokester...
10) Settle the score
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Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
2017.
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English
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Playing on different teams during winter league soccer tests the friendship of a close-knit group of twelve-year-old girls.
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Mitchell Lane Publishers
Pub. Date
c2011
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English
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Looks at what it is like to be Marta Vieira, a professional soccer player for the Los Angeles Sol and the Brazilian Women's National Team, showing how she prepares for games, performs in matches, and uses her free time.
12) Strike
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Magnolia Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2020]
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English
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A young mole must try to achieve his impossible dream of becoming a soccer player in order to save his hometown gold mine from a greedy supervillain known only as 'The Boss.'
13) Who is Pele?
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Penguin Workshop, an imprint of Penguin Random House
Pub. Date
[2018]
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English
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learn about the life of Brazilian soccer star, Pelé.
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Kino Lorber
Pub. Date
[2023]
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English
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Jack finds himself adrift after his father, legendary Coach Davis, cuts him from his renowned soccer club. Estranged from his dad, at odds with his brother and desperate for purpose, he turns to his ex-girlfriend Sofia. Inspired by her tough love and unwavering pursuit to become a recording artist, he takes one last shot at his lifelong dream, by trying out for a rival soccer club.
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Rosie the Riveter meets A League of Their Own in New York Times bestselling author Jennifer Chiaverini's lively and illuminating novel about the "munitionettes" who built bombs in Britain's arsenals during World War I, risking their lives for the war effort and discovering camaraderie and courage on the football pitch.
Early in the Great War, men left Britain's factories in droves to enlist. Struggling to keep up production,
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Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2020.
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English
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Caves (Kids) Summer 2022
Newbery Medal | Winners And Honorees | 2020-Current
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A unique account of the amazing Thai cave rescue told in a heart-racing, you-are-there style that blends suspense, science, and cultural insight.
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