Football Superstars 2018


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Come face to face with the NFL's star players! Get the lowdown on 20 of the 2018 season's top athletes. Discover amazing facts, stats, and records, plus vital info about each player's style and technique. Football Superstars 2018 is your ultimate companion as the season progresses toward the Super Bowl.




Soccer Superstars 2018-2019: Facts & STATS


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GOAL! This guide is a winner, guaranteed to give fans the information they want on their soccer heroes. The international array of players ranges from proven stars such as Lionel Messi, Neymar, and Cristiano Ronaldo to hopes of the future like 17-year-old Jadon Sancho of Borussia Dortmund, 18-year-old Gabriel Jesus of Manchester City, 19-year-old Theo Hernandez of Real Madrid, and 20-year-old Ousmane Dembl of Barcelona.




Tom Brady


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Many football fans consider Tom Brady the greatest NFL quarterback of all time. From his underdog start with the New England Patriots to his record-breaking final days with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, this title gives fans the in-depth history of this legendary player. The title features informative fast facts, exciting photos, a glossary, and an index. SportsZone is an imprint of Abdo Publishing Company.




Mbappé Rules


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Filled with quizzes, stats and little known facts, plus illustrated and told with all the fun of a Tom Gates novel, the Football Superstars series is perfect for young readers five and up. Is Kylian Mbappé your ultimate football hero? His quick feet and shooting skills have made him one of the world's top forwards and the youngest ever player to score 16 goals in the Champions League. Mbappé started playing at the age of six and his first coach was his dad. Find out how he went from playing on the pitch he created in his living room to becoming the second teenager in history to score in a World Cup final. Football Superstars is a series aimed at building a love of reading from a young age, with fun cartoons, inspirational stories, a simple narrative style and a cast of characters chipping in with quotes, jokes and comments. Find your football hero: Ronaldo Rules - out Jan 9th. Messi Rules - out Jan 9th. Kane Rules - out Apr 2nd. Mbappé Rules - out Apr 2nd. Hazard Rules - out Jun 11th. Sterling Rules - out Jun 11th.




The Away Game: The Epic Search for Soccer's Next Superstars


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“An exhilarating, at times heartbreaking, and ultimately unforgettable journey that lays bare the true human stakes of the world’s most popular game.”—Warren St. John, best-selling author of Outcasts United Searching for soccer’s next superstars, an audacious program called Football Dreams held tryouts for millions of 13-year-old boys across Africa. In The Away Game, Sebastian Abbot follows several of the boys as they chase their dreams in a dizzying world of rich Arab sheikhs, money-hungry agents, and soccer-mad European fans.




Football Superstars


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Calling all football fans! Get the lowdown on the hottest players in football today - from the major international heroes to up-and-coming stars. This fantastic football fact file will give you all the need-to-know info about the hottest players in the game. There are up-close profiles of 33 stars who will light up the 2018-19 season, from record-setting veterans to the brightest young talents. Check out their key stats, read about their awesome achievements in previous seasons, then put your knowledge to the test with the fiendish quiz.




Soccer Superstars 2018


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With top players like Lionel Messi, Cristiano Ronaldo, Luis Suarez, and Neymar, soccer is the most popular sport around the globe! From Brazil and England to Italy and Australia, the world is crazy for the game they call football. Now you can learn more about the brightest international stars through entertaining biographies, fun trivia, and thrilling action photography.




Sterling Rules


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Everything the young fan needs to know about Raheem Sterling.




Vince


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One of the most exciting footballers of his era, Vince Hilaire is a cult sporting figure. His career spanned over 600 games and included spells at Crystal Palace, Portsmouth, Leeds United and Stoke City, playing in every professional division. Vince shared a dressing room with some of football's biggest names of the time, including Kenny Sansom, Mick Channon, Gordon Strachan and Vinnie Jones, and was managed by some of the superstars of British football. This book offers a fascinating insight into the methods of these managers, from Malcolm Allison and Terry Venables, with their free-flowing football reminiscent of the famous 'Busby Babes', to the contrasting rigidity of Howard Wilkinson's Leeds. A trailblazer in the professional game, Vince outlines the difficulties he faced as a young black player making his way in football in the 1970s, and the dread he felt playing at certain grounds.Candidly detailing Vince's journey into and out of professional football, this hugely entertaining autobiography tells the story of the beautiful game as it used to be played.




Superstars of the Super Bowl


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From Tom Brady to Russell Wilson, Superstars of the Super Bowl introduces readers to some of the greatest sports players in the Super Bowl. Vivid photographs and easy-to-read text aid comprehension for early readers. Features include a table of contents, an infographic, fun facts, Making Connections questions, a glossary, and an index. QR Codes in the book give readers access to book-specific resources to further their learning.