Lionel Messi: Legendary Soccer Player

by Kate Shoup

Book Overview

Soccer star Lionel Messi is one of the most famous and highest-paid athletes in the world, but it wasn't always that way. This biography traces Messi's footsteps from his middle-class neighborhood in Rosario, Argentina, to the soccer fields of Europe. Readers will learn of his introduction to a game that would make him rich, his early promise despite his small stature, the medical crisis that nearly derailed his career, and his move from home at thirteen...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1502651165
• ISBN13: 9781502651167
• Release Date: December 2019
• Publisher: Cavendish Square Publishing
• Length: 112 Pages
• Weight: 0.52 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 6.0" x 8.9"
• Age Range: 8 to 12 years
• Grade Range: Grades 3 to 7