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3) Tangerine
Author
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.
4) The field
Author
Publisher
NorthSouth Books, Inc., an imprint of NordSüd Verlag
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
Children form teams, build a pitch, and play a joyous game of soccer, in a book with English and Creole (as spoken in Saint Lucia) vocabulary words.
6) Win or lose
Author
Series
The Kicks volume 3
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
"Devin's team thinks she is taking too much credit for their winning streak and she must keep the team together"--
Author
Series
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
After moving to California, seventh-grader Devin is afraid she will not make the soccer team but finds, instead, a team is so bad that she is compelled to take the lead and turn it into something the players and coach can all be proud of.
8) Booked
Author
Series
Language
English
Formats
Description
Twelve-year-old Nick loves soccer and hates books, but soon learns the power of words as he wrestles with problems at home, stands up to a bully, and tries to impress the girl of his dreams.
Author
Series
Magic tree house volume 52
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Jack and Annie search for the fourth secret of greatness for Merlin the Magician in Mexico City at the 1970 World Cup Games. They hope to learn something new from soccer player great, Pele"--
Author
Series
Henry Heckelbeck volume 2
Publisher
Little Simon
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
When new student Max challenges Henry for the position of goalie on the soccer team, he must decide whether using the Book of Spells would make him a cheater.--
Author
Series
Publisher
Simon Spotlight
Pub. Date
©2012
Language
English
Description
"Justin is thrilled to be on a soccer team. But at his very first practice, he is approached by a tall girl who calls him "Shorty." She tells him he's too little to be on the team and that he should just go home. Justin doesn't know what to do. He loves soccer, but he doesn't want to be teased"--
12) Nothing to do
Author
Publisher
Dutton Children's Books
Pub. Date
c2006
Language
English
Description
Celebrates many ways of enjoying a day when the calendar is blank--no homework, no soccer practice, no anything--from building a fort to lying down and watching the clouds change shape.
13) All summer long
Author
Publisher
Farrar, Straus, & Giroux
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
Thirteen-year-old Bina faces her first summer without her best friend, Austin, who has left for soccer camp.
Author
Series
Henry Heckelbeck volume 3
Publisher
Little Simon
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
"Henry is just like any other normal kid. He plays soccer. He isn't a huge fan of homework. He even has an older sister, Heidi. What's not so normal about Henry is that he's magic. Henry also needs a hideout. He needs a place to play with his best friend where his sister can't bother them. A hideout like this calls for a magic spell. But can magic make a hideout haunted?"--
Author
Series
Rainbow magic. The Sports Fairies volume 2
Publisher
Scholastic Inc
Pub. Date
[2010]
Language
English
Description
While everyone in Fairyland is getting ready for the Fairy Olympics, Jack Frost's goblins steal the Sports Fairies' magic objects, and without Stacey the Soccer Fairy's magic ball, Rachel's favorite soccer team will never reach their goal.
17) Soccer shake-up
Author
Publisher
Stone Arch Books, a Capstone imprint
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
Worried sick about his baby brother's operation, twelve-year-old Dominic does not really feel much like playing soccer, so he just messes around on the field during practice--but when his grandfather teaches him some moves he starts to take an interest, and sets out to win the trust of his coach and teammates.
Author
Publisher
Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
Twelve-year-old Golden Maroni starts eighth grade determined to be master of his universe, but learns he cannot control everything on the soccer field, in his friendships, and especially in facing his father's incurable disease.
Author
Series
Front desk novel volume 4
Publisher
Scholastic Press
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"Mia Tang is going for the goal in the fourth Front Desk novel by New York Times bestselling author Kelly Yang! The Women's World Cup coming to Southern California, everyone is soccer-crazy -- especially Mia Tang! The U.S. is playing China in the finals, and Mia feels like her two identities are finally coming together. Less exciting, though? The fact that her P.E. teacher wants Mia to get out of the soccer field, too -- or fall short of the grade...
Author
Publisher
Quill Tree Books, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"Will loves playing center midfield on his middle school soccer team. This year, though, Will hasn't felt like himself: his stomach has been bothering him, and he has no energy at all. When his new doctor diagnoses him with Crohn's disease, Will hopes that means he'll start feeling better soon and he can get back to playing with his team before the season ends. But Will's new medicines come with all kinds of side effects, and his body needs to heal...
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