Alecia's Challenge
- Publisher
- James Lorimer & Company Ltd., Publishers
- Initial publish date
- Sep 2011
- Category
- Soccer, Soccer, General
- Recommended Age
- 10 to 13
- Recommended Grade
- 4 to 8
- Recommended Reading age
- 7 to 10
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eBook
- ISBN
- 9781552776452
- Publish Date
- Sep 2011
- List Price
- $12.99
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Hardback
- ISBN
- 9781550286519
- Publish Date
- Jan 1999
- List Price
- $16.95
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Paperback / softback
- ISBN
- 9781552778333
- Publish Date
- Aug 2011
- List Price
- $9.95
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Description
Alecia's soccer team, the Vancouver Burrards, is the one stable thing in her life. Everything else is new or changing: a new school, a new stepfather.
When Anne, Alecia's friend and the Burrards' best player, decides to quit playing, Alecia decides to fight to keep the team together. She soon learns, however, that life's hardest matches are fought off the soccer pitch.
Alecia's Challenge shows how the struggles and joys of life and sport are intertwined.
About the author
SANDRA DIERSCH has taught writing courses to British Columbia students and aspiring adult writers. She has written eight books to date, including Offside! and Home Court Advantage, both Canadian Children's Book Centre Our Choice selections. She lives in Maple Ridge, B.C., with her husband and young daughter.
