One goal : a coach, a team, and the game that brought a divided town together

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One goal : a coach, a team, and the game that brought a divided town together
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a coach, a team, and the game that brought a divided town together
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Amy Bass
Title variation
1 goal
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Language
eng
Summary
"In the tradition of Friday Night Lights and Outcasts United, ONE GOAL tells the inspiring story of the soccer team in a town bristling with racial tension that united Somali refugees and multi-generation Mainers in their quest for state--and ultimately national--glory. When thousands of Somali refugees resettled in Lewiston, Maine, a struggling, overwhelmingly white town, longtime residents grew uneasy. Then the mayor wrote a letter asking Somalis to stop coming, which became a national story. While scandal threatened to subsume the town, its high school's soccer coach integrated Somali kids onto his team, and their passion began to heal old wounds. Taking readers behind the tumult of this controversial team--and onto the pitch where the teammates vied to become state champions and achieved a vital sense of understanding--ONE GOAL is a timely story about overcoming the prejudices that divide us"--
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Provided by publisher
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DLC
Dewey number
796.334/620974182
Illustrations
  • illustrations
  • plates
Index
no index present
LC call number
GV944.U6
LC item number
B37 2018
Literary form
non fiction

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