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Author
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
Español
Description
Paula está frustada: ha jugado con un equipo mixto de fútbol desde hace años pero ahora, que ya está un poco mayor, no podrá seguir haciéndolo. Paula no se dará por vencida. Junto con sus amigas, fundarán el primer equipo de fútbol femenino del colegio: 1. CF Solo para chicas.
Author
Series
Waffle hearts volume 2
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
In this sequel to Adventures With Waffles, best friends Trille and Lena find their seaside escapades disrupted by a new soccer coach, who puts Lena's goalkeeping dreams on hold, and a new girl on whom Trille has a crush.
3) Booked
Author
Series
Crossover (Kwame Alexander) volume 2
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
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
When budget cuts lead to the elimination of Delano Middle School's girl soccer team, Melina Stern and the other seventh and eighth graders are invited to try out for the high school varsity team--but the older players clearly do not want the middle schoolers around, and the girls are having trouble playing as a team.
Author
Series
Go girl! (Feiwel and Friends) volume 6
Pub. Date
2007.
Language
English
Description
When her friends kick her off of their lunchtime soccer team for being too small and slow, "Ant" (short for Samantha) is sure that lunchtime will never be fun again, but an idea planted by the school librarian might help her out.
Author
Series
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"--
10) Shaken up
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2015].
Language
English
Description
A California earthquake is just the first in a series of chain of events that shakes Devin's confidence: she fails a test in a subject she knows well, her crush seems to have his attention on another girl, and worst of all, her soccer game is off, so now Devin, the girl who usually inspires confidence in her friends and teammates, will have to turn to them for support.
Author
Series
Sayonara football volume 11
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
Midori and Sumire are soccer stars at rival middle schools, destined to collide -- one's a striker, the other a goalie. But the two girls end up in the same high school, with a lazy coach and a bizarre teammate, Nozomi, who brags that she's a genius but can't seem to stop kicking the ball into her own goal. To become champions, they'll have to get over their rivalry and work some magic on the field -- not to mention the challenges of growing up.
13) Benchwarmers
Author
Series
Benchwarmers volume 1
Pub. Date
2019.
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.
14) Settle the score
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
Playing on different teams during winter league soccer tests the friendship of a close-knit group of twelve-year-old girls.
Author
Series
Sayonara football volume 12
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
High-octane girls' soccer action mixes with the drama of high school in this cleats-out manga from the creator of Your Lie in April! Warabi faces their first challenge since the humiliating exhibition loss to Kunogi. After training, earning new uniforms, and sparring with the boys team for practice time, they have their eyes fixed on revenge and now it s finally time for them to start showing what they re made of as a team. But when the first hurdle...
Author
Series
Sayonara football volume 4
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
High-octane girls' soccer action mixes with the drama of high school in this cleats-out manga from the creator of Your Lie in April! Facing a complete and utter blowout, the team focuses their energy on not coming away empty-handed. With everything on the line for their opponents, this scrappy team with nothing left to lose returns to the field to finish their first challenge as a group, and learn some important lessons along the way.
17) Far from normal
Author
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
From Stealing Home author Becky Wallace comes a Devil Wears Prada-inspired YA romance, in which “normal girl” Maddie must repair the image of Major League Soccer's bad boy to ace her internship.
Author
Series
Sayonara football volume 5
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
High-octane girls' soccer action mixes with the drama of high school in this cleats-out manga from the creator of Your Lie in April! As if bouncing back after losing 21-0 wasn t enough, the Wallabies are forced to practice away from their school fields, and get some less than fashion forward new uniforms. But Onda has a plan to start their new climb to the top with fresh uniforms by winning a local futsal tournament with a generous cash prize. At...
Author
Series
Sayonara football volume 9
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
High-octane girls' soccer action mixes with the drama of high school in this cleats-out manga from the creator of Your Lie in April! The best teams in Kanto have gathered together for the JKFB inter-league tournament. Standing in Warabi s way is the unbeaten Eisen Funabashi High School, who beat Kunogi the previous year. Onda and the team lace up to take on one of their biggest challenges yet as they march back on the path towards cooperation, and...
20) Soccer baby
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
The youngest of readers and the sports-loving grown-ups in their lives can now enjoy the world's most popular sports--soccer--before going to bed a winner. After putting on their gear and warming up, the Dolphins are ready for kick off! When the opposing team scores in the first half, a young girl and her teammates take an orange-slice break before getting back out there. This young girl scores the tying goal in the second half just before the final...
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