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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Williams, Michael, 1962-
Contributor:
Immigrant and Refugee Experiences in Children's and Young Adult Literature Collection (University of Pennsylvania)
Standardized Title:
Billion dollar soccer ball
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Zimbabwe--Juvenile fiction.
Zimbabwe.
Zimbabwe--Fiction.
Refugees--Fiction.
Brothers--Fiction.
People with mental disabilities--Fiction.
Survival--Fiction.
Homeless persons--Fiction.
Soccer--Fiction.
Blacks--Fiction.
Local Subjects:
Zimbabwe--Fiction.
Refugees--Fiction.
Brothers--Fiction.
People with mental disabilities--Fiction.
Survival--Fiction.
Homeless persons--Fiction.
Soccer--Fiction.
Blacks--Fiction.
Genre:
Young adult works.
Young adult fiction.
Fiction.
Juvenile works.
Physical Description:
233 pages ; 22 cm
Edition:
First U.S. paperback edition.
Place of Publication:
New York : Little, Brown, 2013.
Summary:
When soldiers attack their small village, Deo escapes with his older, mentally disabled brother, carrying a soccer ball filled with money, and after facing prejudice, poverty, and tragedy, it is in soccer that Deo finds hope.
Notes:
"Originally published in South Africa by Maskew Miller Longman in 2009 as The Billion Dollar Soccer Ball"--Title page verso.
ISBN:
9780316077880
0316077887
OCLC:
829391103

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