TY  - BOOK
AU  - M�endez,Yamile Saied
TI  - The beautiful game
SN  - 9781643753980
U1  - F MEN 23
PY  - 2024///
CY  - New York
PB  - Algonquin Young Readers, Workman Publishing
KW  - Soccer players
KW  - Juvenile fiction
KW  - Self-confidence
KW  - Grandfathers
KW  - Fiction
KW  - Menstruation
KW  - Teenage girls
KW  - Coming of age
KW  - Sports fiction
KW  - lcgft
N1  - Kirkus Review, August 2024; 3-6
N2  - At thirteen years old, Valeria 'Magic' Salomon is already the best soccer player her town has ever seen. She has talent in spades and an abuelo whose tough-love coaching and lessons about 'strength and honor' have made her the star of the Overlords, the top boys' team in the state. But everything changes at the State Cup semi-final when Valeria gets her first period while Wearing. White. Shorts. After her team is unexpectedly eliminated, she goes from their secret weapon to their scapegoat. Soon, she doesn't have a team at all anymore
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