The Academy / T.Z. Layton.
Born and raised in a small town, Leo K. Doyle has never seen the ocean or stepped foot on a plane. But Leo is a star soccer player with big dreams in life. Rock-star, Olympic gold, dragon-slaying dreams. While Leo has a pet lizard named Messi and longs to make the pros one day, he has no idea how to achieve this goal -- until a professional scout pays a chance visit to one of Leo's games and extends an invitation to try out for the London Dragons youth squad, known as The Academy. Leo is stunned. The London Dragons isn't just any old soccer team. It's a world-famous English Premier League team. Soon Leo is off to a whole new country, embarking on the greatest adventure of his life. The downside? Only eleven players can make the team. Eleven out of two hundred of the very best youth players on the planet. Along with the grueling competition, Leo must also face a bully intent on torpedoing his summer, a roomie who doesn't know how to have fun, a terrifying camp director, and, most of all, Leo's own lack of formal training and the fear he'll never succeed. By the end of the summer, Leo will become a much better player and forever changed by his experience. But will he be good enough to make the Academy?
Record details
- ISBN: 9781955804080
- ISBN: 1955804087
- Physical Description: 295 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.
- Publisher: [Place of publication not identified] : First Touch Books for Young Readers, [2022]
- Copyright: ©2022
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Study Program Information Note: | Accelerated Reader AR MG 5.5 12 521937. |
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Subject: | Bullies > Juvenile fiction. Soccer > Juvenile fiction. Bullying > Juvenile fiction. |
Genre: | Sports fiction. |
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Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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Cass County Library-Bookmobile | J LAY 2022 (Text) | 0002206306173 | Juvenile Fiction | Available | - |
Cass County Library-Harrisonville | J LAY 2022 (Text) | 0002206306181 | Juvenile Fiction | Checked out | 02/28/2025 |
Cass County Library-Pleasant Hill | J LAY 2022 (Text) | 0002206002640 | Juvenile Fiction | In transit | - |