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Children's Fiction Soccer

Alecia's Challenge

by (author) Sandra Diersch

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
  • eBook

    ISBN
    9781552776452
    Publish Date
    Sep 2011
    List Price
    $12.99
  • Hardback

    ISBN
    9781550286519
    Publish Date
    Jan 1999
    List Price
    $16.95
  • 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.

www.sandradiersch.com

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