Maddox, Jake.
Soccer Step-up.
(Jake Maddox JV Girls) Capstone
Publishers 2017
96p
$18.99 ISBN 978-1-4965-3675-4 ms/jr Sports VG-BN
The middle-school girls’ soccer
program is canceled due to budget cuts. The older girls on the team get a
chance to try out for the high-school JV team. Lack of self-confidence, concern about
fitting into a high-school program, and a “mean girls” attitude on
the part of the high-school students make for
a
hard transition. By using their leadership skills
and reaching the realization that they are better working together than
individually showboating, the team comes together for a win. A hi/lo book for
middle-school readers, this will appeal to all middle-school girl
soccer players.
The series Jake Maddox JV Girls contains four titles
about girls sports at the middle-school and
JV levels. The hi/lo format, fast action and positive
message about teamwork will resonate with middle-school girls. Strongly recommended for middle-school
collections, as books on girls’ sports are
not as prevalent as are fiction books about boys’ sports.
Summary: When middle-school girls’ soccer is
canceled due to budget constraints, the girls get a chance to try out for
the high-school JV
team. For the
three that make the team, it is a difficult transition,
but
teamwork wins the day. Grades 5-8.
Soccer-Fiction, Teamwork-Fiction --Lois McNicol
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