The Horn Book Magazine, January 1st, 2003
312 pp. Foster/Farrar 10/02 ISBN 0-374-39963-8 18.00 (High School)
Antonio Silva is a world-class soccer "Phenom," a Brazilian import about to turn a New Jersey high school's losing soccer season around. He's also an arrogant s.o.b., about to stir up the class war between the soccer and football teams, the Lawndale suburbanites and the Bankside working-class kids. And, with barely an effort, he'll also steal Joe Brickman's longtime soul mate and would-be girlfriend, Kris. Joe, captain of the soccer team (and one of the most likable first-person protagonists to come down the pike in a long t...
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