Young Pele: Soccer's First Star

Contributor(s): Cline-Ransome, Lesa (Author), Ransome, James E (Illustrator)

ISBN: 9780375871566

Publisher: Dragonfly Books

Binding Types:

Paperback

$8.99

Digicover (1-4 copies)

$21.94 (Final Price)

Readerbound (5-99 copies)

$20.74 (100+ copies: $19.99)

List/retail price:

$8.99

Pub Date: September 13, 2011

Dewey: B

LCCN: 2014466603

Lexile Code: 0870

Features: Illustrated, Price on Product - Canadian, Price on Product

Target Age Group: 04 to 08

Physical Info: 0.30" H x 10.70" L x 8.80" W ( 0.44 lbs) 40 pages

BISAC Categories:

Juvenile Fiction | Biographical | General

Accelerated Reader® Info

Quiz #:0000117898 ( Young Pele: Soccer's First Star)

Reading level: 5.00

Interest level: LG

Point value: 0.5

Descriptions, Reviews, etc.

Description: From a poor Brazilian boy playing soccer with rocks and a ball made from rags, to learning how to play on a team, this is the story of Pelae's beginning.

Review Quotes: Starred Review, Booklist, September 1, 2007:
"With handsome oil paintings and a stirring story, this picture-book biography will first grab children with its action."
--Hazel Rochman