Outcasts united : the story of a refugee soccer team that changed a town / Warren St. John.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

St. John, Warren, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Mufleh, Luma.

Soccer coaches--Georgia--Clarkston--Biography.

Soccer coaches.

Refugee children--Georgia--Clarkston.

Refugee children.

Refugees--Africa.

Refugees.

Africa.

Georgia--Clarkston.

Local Subjects:

Mufleh, Luma.

Soccer coaches--Georgia--Clarkston--Biography.

Refugee children--Georgia--Clarkston.

Refugees--Africa.

Genre:

Biographies.

Physical Description:

226 pages ; 22 cm

Place of Publication:

New York : Delacorte Press, [2012]

Summary:

This young people's version of the adult bestseller Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference, is a story about the Fugees, a youth soccer team made up of diverse refugees from around the world, and their female coach, Luma Mufleh. Clarkston, Georgia, was a typical southern town until it became a refugee resettlement center. The author explores how the community changed with the influx of refugees and how the dedication of Lumah Mufleh and the entire Fugees soccer team inspired an entire community.

Clarkston, Georgia, was a typical southern town until it became a refugee resettlement center. Luma Mufleh, a young Jordanian woman educated in the United States and working as a coach for private youth soccer teams in Atlanta, was out for a drive one day and ended up in Clarkston. She was pleasantly surprised by the ethnic restaurants and by the sight of women wearing the hijab. Most of all, she was amazed and delighted to see young boys, black and brown and white, some barefoot, playing soccer on every flat surface they could find. Luma decided to quit her job, move to Clarkston, and start a soccer team. This was where she needed to be, and this was where she made a huge difference in the lives of the Fugees and the small Southern town they came to call home.--From publisher description.

Contents:

Luma

Beatrice and her boys

"Small town... big heart"

Alone down south

The Fugees are born

"Coach says it's not good"

Get lost

"I want to be part of the Fugees!"

Figure it out so you can fix it

Meltdown

"How am I going to start all over?"

Alex, Bien, and Ive

Trying again

The Fifteens fight

Go Fugees!

Gunshots

The "soccer people"

Playing on grass

Who are the kings?

Showdown at Blue Springs

Coming apart

Hanging on at home

The Dikoris

"What are you doing here?"

Halloween

The Fifteens' final game

My rules, my way

Tornado cup.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

9780375990335

037599033X

9780385741941

0385741944

9780385741958

0385741952

OCLC:

769429024

Publisher Number:

99954188071