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Publisher
MPI Home Video
Pub. Date
[2009]
Language
English
Description
There are reasons the IT Department of Reynholm Industries is kept in the building's basement. The department's employees are bitter slacker Roy, über-nerd Moss, and technically clueless Jen. Jen finds that her builder is urinating in all of her sinks; Moss has begun to speak like a manly football fan; Roy is now living on the streets; Reynholm will have a new Employee Of The Month; Friendface's horror needs to be stopped; charity calendars may feature...
Series
Publisher
Stone Arch Books, a Capstone imprint
Pub. Date
[2017]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 2.9 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
When the coach of his middle school summer soccer team retires Andre, his friend Cullen, and their teammates are horrified, and when their new coach implements some highly unusual training methods Cullen is so frustrated that he quits the team--but Andre sticks with it, hoping that there is method in the madness that will lead to a championship.
304) World Cup
Author
Publisher
Scobre Educational
Pub. Date
c2015
Language
English
Description
"Follow the action of the beautiful game of soccer, bearing witness to the world's most popular sporting event, the World Cup"--Back cover.
305) Bella
Publisher
Lionsgate
Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
English
Description
An international soccer star is on his way to sign a multimillion dollar contract when a series of events unfold that brings his career to an abrupt end. A beautiful waitress, struggling to make it in New York City, discovers something about herself that she's unprepared for. In one irreversible moment, their lives are turned upside down-- until a simple gesture of kindness brings them both together, turning an ordinary day into an unforgettable experience....
Author
Series
Publisher
Millbrook Press
Pub. Date
[2018]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.7 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
The World Cup, international soccer's championship tournament, rules the global sports stage. Award-winning author Matt Doeden explores the history of international soccer and covers the World Cup's greatest moments, from the most shocking goals to bigges.
Author
Publisher
[Library Ideas, LLC]
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
Marisol McDonald has flaming red hair and nut-brown skin. Polka dots and stripes are her favorite combination. She prefers peanut butter and jelly burritos in her lunch box. To Marisol, these seemingly mismatched things make perfect sense together. Other people wrinkle their nose in confusion at Marisol -- can't she just choose one or the other? Try as she might, in a world where everyone tries to put this biracial, Peruvian-Scottish-American girl...
Author
Publisher
Penguin Press
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"With rare and unrivaled access, bestselling coauthor of Soccernomics and longtime Financial Times journalist Simon Kuper tells the story of how FC Barcelona became the most successful club in the world-and how that era is now ending"--
Author
Publisher
Welbeck
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
"Soccer's profile has never been higher--and it continues to grow. You'll find updates for all recent major tournaments. There's also a new chapter on innovations and technology, along with the latest FIFA World Rankings and record-breaking achievements of 37 featured nations, a sidebar containing key stats, and updates and records for most of the other 174 FIFA members."--Publisher's description.
311) Big Nate: game on!
Author
Publisher
Andrews McMeel
Pub. Date
2013.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 2.3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Nate Wright, all-time record holder for detentions in school history, approaches sports with swagger, from fine-tuning his trash talk on the basketball court to his attitude on the soccer field.
312) Muy famoso
Author
Series
Publisher
Editorial Norma
Pub. Date
c2006
Language
Español
Description
En el corazón de cada persona, sea grande o pequeña, hay un espacio para soñar con ser alguien importante. El niño que Philip Waechter presenta en este libro sueña con la gloria futbolística. Con una cierta ironía y con gran agudeza, su historia pone de manifiesto el doble talento que tienen los niños para realizar sus sueños por los medios más sencillos y para darle sentido a las cosas más insignificantes.
Author
Series
Aven Green volume 4
Publisher
Union Square Kids
Pub. Date
[2023]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Eight-year-old expert soccer player Aven Green learns to share the spotlight and be a good team player when her friend Sujata joins the team.
Author
Publisher
Carlton Books Limited
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
The ultimate fan book on the ultimate soccer star: Neymar! Enter the world of the Brazilian soccer superstar! Filled with facts, stats, and quotes, and illustrated with 100 thrilling action photographs, Neymar explores the athlete's childhood in Brazil, his years with Santos, and his time with Brazil's national team. You'll get special insight into one of the world's best players, and find out how he honed his incredible technique, made the most of...
316) Dino-soccer
Author
Series
Publisher
Carolrhoda Books
Pub. Date
c2009
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Plant-eating dinosaurs face meat-eating dinosaurs in a soccer match.
317) Ronaldo
Author
Series
Publisher
Abbeville Press Publishers
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
Covers the star's youth in Madeira, his nicknames, his record with Manchester United, and includes a list of the numerous awards he has received.
318) Messi
Author
Series
Publisher
Abbeville Press
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
Discusses his early childhood success, his training with the Barcelona junior team, and features fun facts like his favorite foods and his pet peeves.
Author
Series
Marisol McDonald volume 1
Publisher
Distributed to the Book trade by Publishers Group West
Pub. Date
©2011
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.8 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
A creative, unique, bilingual Peruvian Scottish-American-soccer-playing artist celebrates her uniqueness.
320) Pelé
Author
Series
Publisher
DK Publishing
Pub. Date
c2007
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.2 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
Description
A biography of Brazilian soccer player Pelé, or Edson Arantes do Nascimento, who has the reputation as the greatest soccer player of all time and is the only person to win three World Cup trophies.
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