Soccer Trophy Mystery (Fred Bowen Sports Story)

by Fred Bowen (Author)

Soccer Trophy Mystery (Fred Bowen Sports Story)
Reading Level: 6th − 7th Grade

Fred Bowen is back with more soccer action - and a mystery - in his newest Sports Story Series book, perfect for fans of Mike Lupica and Tim Green.While soccer-playing twins Aiden and Ava lead their teams to a championship season, they try to solve the mystery of their town's infamous missing soccer trophy.

Thirteen-year-old twins Aiden and Ava and their good friend Daniel, all avid soccer players, have just learned their county league soccer trophy mysteriously disappeared forty years ago from the town library. It was never recovered. So between games and practices for the town's soccer championships, the three friends try to solve the case.

But will these amateur detectives be able to unravel the mystery and find someone who had both motive and opportunity to commit the crime? Will their teams make it all the way to the championships?

Award-winning author and Washington Post KidsPost sports columnist Fred Bowen returns with another installment in his Sports Story Series, this time tackling important topics like women in sports and equal recognition for their skill and accomplishments. At the end of the book, Bowen includes the real story behind the disappearance of the original World Cup trophy.

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Fred Bowen
Fred Bowen is the author of Gridiron and more than twenty additional children's books about sports, and for the past twenty years has written the weekly KidsPost column in The Washington Post. Fred lives in Maryland with his family. Visit him at FredBowen.com.

James E. Ransome's highly acclaimed illustrations for Before She Was Harriet received the 2018 Coretta Scott King Illustrator Honor. His other award-winning titles include the Coretta Scott King winner The Creation; Coretta Scott King Honor Book Uncle Jed's Barbershop; Sweet Clara and the Freedom Quilt; and Let My People Go, winner of the NAACP Image Award. James is also a recipient of the ALA Children's Literature Legacy Award. He frequently collaborates with his wife, author Lesa Cline-Ransome, and their books include Game Changers: The Story of Venus and Serena Williams and Fighting with Love: The Legacy of John Lewis. James is a professor and coordinator of the MFA Illustration Graduate Program at Syracuse University. He lives in New York's Hudson River Valley region with his family. Visit James at JamesRansome.com.
Classification
Fiction
ISBN-13
9781682630785
Lexile Measure
650
Guided Reading Level
-
Publisher
Peachtree Publishers
Publication date
September 07, 2021
Series
Fred Bowen Sports Story
BISAC categories
JUV013030 - Juvenile Fiction | Family | Multigenerational
JUV028000 - Juvenile Fiction | Mysteries, Espionage, & Detective Stories
JUV032150 - Juvenile Fiction | Sports & Recreation | Soccer
Library of Congress categories
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