Full disclosure, I am not a big soccer fan. It's exciting, but not something I watch or regularly attend. This middle grade book about soccer has me rethinking everything. It is so good! Alex lives and breathes soccer. She and her younger sister, go to the rec as an escape and for Alex soccer is her lifeline. It helps that she is really, really good at it. After playing an amazing year she is recruited to join a traveling league, her gut tells her no because she loves her coach and her teammates, but she is getting it all paid for and this team has a chance to go to Nationals which will help her secure college scholarships later in life. She joins the team and is immediately disgusted by her coach. He is rude and sexist and not nice to any of the girls. But they are a good team and keep advancing. But is it worth it? What will happen when she starts to dread going to practice. An excellent book about sticking up for yourself and the difference between positive and negative coaching.
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