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"Owen loves soccer, but isn't the best at playing it. After a particularly disastrous day on the field, Owen is benched. He is feeling so low that he doesn't notice the ball rolling away from him until it's too late. In his effort to get it back, he discovers that he has more skills than he realizes...

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Main Author: Pinkney, J. Brian (Author, Illustrator)
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: Los Angeles ; New York : Disney Hyperion, 2015.
Edition:First edition.
Subjects:
Soccer stories > Juvenile.
Balls (Sporting goods) > Juvenile fiction.
Ability > Juvenile fiction.
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Summary:"Owen loves soccer, but isn't the best at playing it. After a particularly disastrous day on the field, Owen is benched. He is feeling so low that he doesn't notice the ball rolling away from him until it's too late. In his effort to get it back, he discovers that he has more skills than he realizes"--Provided by publisher.
Physical Description:1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 23 x 29 cm
ISBN:9781484723296
1484723295
Author Notes:Brian Pinkney, author and illustrator, was born August 28, 1961. He has received the Coretta Scott King Award for his illustrations, three Coretta Scott King Honor Awards, and in 1997, he won the Boston Globe-Horn Book Award for his book, The Adventures of Sparrowboy. He has also won two Caldecott Honor awards for his illustrations with the books: The Faithful Friend, by Robert D. San Souci, and Duke Ellington: The Piano Prince and His Orchestra, by Andrea Davis Pinkney. Pinkney primarily uses the scratchboard illustrative technique with most of his books.

Pinkney lives with his wife, Andrea, and their children in Brooklyn, New York.


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