TY - BOOK AU - Matheson,Christie TI - Select SN - 9780593567234 PY - 2023/// CY - New York PB - Random House KW - Soccer KW - Fiction KW - Soccer teams KW - Juvenile fiction KW - Preteen girls KW - Soccer coaches KW - Soccer players KW - Soccer stories KW - Sports fiction KW - lcgft KW - Novels N2 - "Twelve-year-old Alex loves playing soccer, and she's good at it, too. Very good. When her skills land her a free ride to play for Select, an elite soccer club, it feels like a huge opportunity. Joining Select could be the key to a college scholarship and a bright future--one that Alex's family can't promise her. But as the team gets better and better, her new coach pushes the players harder and harder, until soccer starts to feel more like punishment than fun. And then there comes a point where enough is enough, and Alex and her teammates must take a stand to find a better way to make their soccer dreams come true"-- ER -