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Name: Happy like soccer
Rating: 5 (1 reviews)
Author: Maribeth Boelts

For soccer games Sierra rides a bus out of the city to fields that are nicer than her 'lot' in the neighborhood, but her auntie can be at her last game so she asks Coach Marco if the team might play in her neighborhood on a day her aunt does not work. Sierra faces a dilemma as her soccer skills are not as good as her aunt's, and her aunt is the only one who knows the best time to ask for the game to be played in her neighborhood. Sierra decides to ask her coach if she can practice with the team to improve her skills, and the day her aunt's game is scheduled, her aunt and the team's coach meet up and have a great time at the game. Sierra is determined to become the best soccer player in the neighborhood and practices hard with the team to achieve her goal.

First publish date: 2012

Genre: Children's Fiction/Picture Books

Authors: Maribeth Boelts

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