Soccer Queens

by Charles R. Smith Jr.

Book Overview

The Coretta Scott King Award-winning creator of Hoop Kings celebrates the skill and talent of top female soccer professionals--and pays homage to the legendary US World Cup team of 1999. Soccer, fútbol, call it what you will--the sport commands worldwide attention, and Charles R. Smith Jr. pays tribute to the sport's greatest US athletes in poems that hum with energy and life. Whether the subject is an escape artist like Rose Lavelle, a rocket like...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1536225339
• ISBN13: 9781536225334
• Release Date: April 2023
• Publisher: Candlewick Press (MA)
• Length: 40 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 8.2" x 11.9"
• Age Range: 8 to 12 years
• Grade Range: Grades 3 to 7