Filled with on-the-field soccer scenes, black-and-white artwork, and sports statistics throughout, this short novel—ideal for newly independent readers, athletes, and all sports fans—follows nine-year-old Ben and his fourth-grade team, the Bobcats, as they race to the Kickers League playoffs. Ben knows hes one of the teams strongest players, but hes been struggling with the jitters. Hes just freezing up on the field. Can he pull through for his teammates now that they really need him?,
