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Author St. John, Warren.

Title Outcasts united : a refugee soccer team, an American town / Warren St. John.

Publication Info. New York : Spiegel & Grau, [2009]
©2009

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 Avon Free Public Library - Adult Department  796.334 ST. JOHN    Check Shelf
 Canton Public Library - Adult Department  796.334 ST. JOHN    Check Shelf
 Cheshire Public Library - Adult Department Lower Level  796.334 ST. JOHN    Check Shelf
 Cromwell-Belden Public Library - Adult Department  796.334 STJ    Check Shelf
 East Windsor, Library Association of Warehouse Point - Adult Department  796.334 ST. J.    Check Shelf
 Glastonbury, Welles-Turner Memorial Library - Adult Department  BIO MUFLEH    Check Shelf
 Middletown, Russell Library - Adult Nonfiction  796.334 STJ    Missing
 Newington, Lucy Robbins Welles Library - Adult Department  796.334 ST. JOHN    DUE 09-19-14 Billed
 South Windsor Public Library - Non Fiction  796.334 ST1O    Check Shelf
 West Hartford, Noah Webster Library - Non Fiction  796.334 ST. JOHN    Check Shelf

Edition First edition.
Description 307 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages [305]-307).
Contents Introduction -- Part one. Changes. Luma - Beatrice and her boys - "Small town...big heart" - Alone down South - The Fugees are born - Paula - "Coach says it's not good" - "They're in America now -- not Africa" - Get lost -- Part two. A new season. "I want to be a 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 - Getting over it - The "soccer people" - Playing on grass -- Part three. Full circle. 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 -- Epilogue -- Author's note -- A note on sources -- For more information -- About the author.
Summary Clarkston, Georgia, was a typical Southern town until it was designated a refugee settlement center in the 1990s, becoming the first American home for scores of families in flight from the world's war zones--from Liberia and Sudan to Iraq and Afghanistan. Suddenly Clarkston's streets were filled with women wearing the hijab, the smells of cumin and curry, and kids of all colors playing soccer in any open space they could find. The town also became home to Luma Mufleh, an American-educated Jordanian woman who founded a youth soccer team to unify Clarkston's refugee children and keep them off the streets. These kids named themselves the Fugees. This fast-paced chronicle of a single season is a complex and inspiring tale of a small town becoming a global community--and an account of the ingenious and complicated ways we create a home in a changing world.--From publisher description.
Study Program Accelerated Reader AR UG 8.0 19.0 135966.
Subject Mufleh, Luma.
Mufleh, Luma. (OCoLC)fst01787718
Soccer coaches -- Georgia -- Clarkston -- Biography.
Refugee children -- Georgia -- Clarkston.
Refugees -- Africa.
Refugee children. (OCoLC)fst01092779
Refugees. (OCoLC)fst01092797
Soccer coaches. (OCoLC)fst01122175
Africa. (OCoLC)fst01239509
Georgia -- Clarkston. (OCoLC)fst01876759
Genre/Form Biography. (OCoLC)fst01423686
Cover Title Outcasts united : a refugee team, an American town
ISBN 9780385522038
0385522037
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