This book is really touching and inspiring...so the main character Flora, is a competive soccer player playing for her small school's soccer team. Her family works on a farm but her mom died when she was younger because of cancer. Her dream is to make it to the U.S. soccer team and it finally comes true when she gets accepted to a U.S. U14 which means a training place for 'pro' soccer players to train and maybe get accepted to the U.S. team if they are really good.
Soccerland (The International Sports Academy)
By Beth Choat
| Interest Level | Reading Level | Reading A-Z | ATOS | Word Count |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grades 6 - 8 | Grade 5 | n/a | 4.5 | 54495 |
"One day I’m going to play for the U.S. Women’s National Team." That’s what Flora Dupre promised her mom, before her mom died of cancer. Flora and her mom had created a place called Soccerland, an escape world where they went and just talked soccer. And now Flora’s dream of playing for the U.S.A. might be coming true. Flora’s received the invitation of a lifetime: the chance to try out for the Under-15 U.S. Girls’ Soccer Team, an opportunity that could put Flora on the road to making her dream a reality and reaching the real "Soccerland." But when Flora arrives at the International Sports Academy, the level of talent there is like nothing she’s ever seen before. Flora struggles to hold her own, grappling with new positions on the pitch, injuries, a frustrating coach, and contempt from other players. But Flora is a big, strong Dupre girl—and she’s not going to go down easy.
The author of Soccerland has donated this book to the Worldreader program
Publisher: Skyscape
ISBN-13: 9780761462491
ISBN-10: 076146249X
Published on 8/7/2012
Binding: Paperback
Number of pages: 242