Outcasts united : the story of a refugee soccer team that changed a town / Warren St. John.
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.
Record details
- ISBN: 0385741952
- ISBN: 9780385741958
- Physical Description: 226 pages ; 21 cm
- Publisher: New York : Ember, 2013.
- Copyright: ©2012
Content descriptions
- General Note:
- First published in 2012 by Delacorte Press.
- Formatted Contents Note:
- Pt. 1. Changes. Luma -- Beatrice and her boys -- "Small town ...big heart" -- Alone down south -- The Fugees are born -- "Coach says it's not good" -- Get lost -- pt. 2. A new season. "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 -- pt. 3. 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.
- Target Audience Note:
- 980 Lexile980L Lexile
- Study Program Information Note:
- Accelerated Reader AR MG+ 6.7 9 153633.
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- Mufleh, Luma.
Refugee children > Georgia > Clarkston.
Refugees > Africa.
Soccer coaches > Georgia > Clarkston > Biography. - Genre:
- Biographies.
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- 1 of 1 copy available at Onslow County Public Library.
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