Offside!

Readable fiction for young sports players and fans. Alecia's Vancouver soccer team are a good, hard-fighting squad--her teammates are her friends and her coach is her loving step-dad. When Lexi, a new kid, joins the team, her bad attitude makes things fall apart fast. Alecia decides to find out what makes Lexi so difficult, and to hold the team together, on the field and off. Offside! shows how embracing unexpected change can make teams, and players, stronger. SANDRA DIERSCH has written ten books for kids and teens, including No Contact and Home Court Advantage, which is a Canadian Children's Book Centre Best Books for Kids and Teens selection. She lives in Maple Ridge, BC, with her husband and young daughter.Winner - Canadian Children's Book Centre Our Choice Selection Will interest readers aged 10 to 13. Highly readable.Canadian author, juvenile fiction, sports fiction, soccer (girls)