Defending Champ
Defending Champ
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Defending Champ

Written by Mike Lupica
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10 - 13
Reading age
240
Page count
214
Words per page
770L
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Sep 13, 2022
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In this follow up to Triple Threat, New York Times bestseller Mike Lupica takes us to the soccer field in another empowering story–now in paperback! Fresh off her football victory as QB, twelve-year-old Alex Carlisle is on cloud nine. But with football season over, Alex is ready to get back on the field on the spring for soccer. But after tryouts, with Alex back on her old team, she and her teammates find out that athletic funding has been cut in Orrville, and girls soccer is one of the first teams to go. Now, Alex knows playing soccer is about more than just healthy competition–it’s about fighting for their right to play. Why should the girls team be first to get cut? So the soccer girls hatch a plan. The girls team versus the boys team; if the girls can raise enough money, they will fund their own season. But Alex soon realizes that her plan to save the girls team has consequences. Will Alex be able to figure out a way so that everyone gets the chance to play? Or will the girls be the ones left out?

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    Book Details

    ISBN
    9781984836939
    Publication Date
    September 13, 2022
    Publisher
    Viking Books For Young Readers
    Page Count
    240
    Words Per Page
    214
    Audience
    Middle Grade
    Reading Age
    10 - 13 years
    Lexile® Level
    770L
    Est. Fountas & Pinnell Level
    ~R
    ATOS® Book Level
    5.1
    Accelerated Reader® Points
    8
    Accelerated Reader Quiz
    514743
    Accelerated Reader Interest Level
    MG

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