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220 pp.
| Roaring Brook/First Second
| March, 2019
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TradeISBN 978-1-250-19694-1$19.99
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PaperISBN 978-1-62672-357-3$12.99
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Colors by Kevin Czap. On the first day of middle school, popular girl Amanda recruits fifth grader Faith for the soccer team. Faith winds up on the bottom-of-the-barrel C team, along with a bunch of misfits. The teammates slowly bond and--realistically--never improve at soccer. Johnson's expressive graphic-novel panels show a diverse cast with all sorts of body types, skin colors, and sexual and gender identities.