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Seventeen-year-old Camila Hassan lives a double life in Rosario, Argentina. At home, she's the dutiful daughter living within her family's narrow expectations, but on the field, she's La Furia, a soccer player with incredible skill and talent. When her team qualifies for the South American tournament, Camila finally gets the chance to see how far her talent can take her; hopefully she'll get an athletic scholarship to a North American university. But her parents don't know about her soccer playing and she needs their permission to compete in the tournament. And Diego, the boy she's been in love with for years, is back in town on a break from playing with Juventus. As Camila is forced to confront her secrets, she struggles with her feelings for Diego and the harsh life that girls face in Rosario.

"Soccer forward Lionel Messi of Paris Saint-Germain is known for his skillful goal-scoring and his collection of awards. Readers will dive into Messi's impressive career and life"--.

Seventeen-year-old Camila Hassan, a rising soccer star in Rosario, Argentina, dreams of playing professionally, in defiance of her fathers' wishes and at the risk of her budding romance with Diego.

"Wall Street Journal reporters Joshua Robinson and Jonathan Clegg offer a deeply reported account of the intertwined sagas and legacies of two of the greatest soccer players of all time--Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo--examining how their rivalry has grown from a personal competition to a multi-billion-dollar industry, paralleling the stunning rise, overwhelming excesses, and uncertain future of modern international soccer"--Provided by publisher.

"A picture book about the Latin American folk singer, Mercedes Sosa. Mercedes performed the world over, sharing stories through song. But not everyone loved her singing: a military dictatorship ruled over Argentina, and they saw the power of her voice. Even from exile, Mercedes Sosa was a beacon of freedom for her people, and when she returned to her homeland, she persisted in her work: to be the voice of the voiceless"--Provided by publisher.

"Soccer forward Lionel Messi of Paris Saint-Germain is known for his skillful goal-scoring and his collection of awards. Readers will dive into Messi's impressive career and life"--Provided by publisher.

"Describes the life and career of soccer player Lionel Messi"--Provided by publisher.

Soccer forward Lionel Messi of Paris Saint-Germain is known for his skillful goal-scoring and his collection of awards. Readers will dive into Messi's impressive career and life.

"Feeling blocked after moving from Argentina to New Jersey, a sixteen-year-old poet finds herself torn between a cute American boy in her math class and a Greek student who understands the struggles she is facing in an ESL class"--OCLC.

Lionel Messi has taken the soccer world by storm. He scored the most goals in a season. He's racked up championships. There was even a statue built in his honor. Yet his success didn't come without bumps in the road. Diagnosed with a career-threatening medical condition at ten, Messi refused to give up on his dream, and went on to amass one of the greatest careers in sports history. Filled with sports action, this thrilling biography details the rise of a living soccer legend.