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Brown, Monica

Pelé, King of Soccer / Pelé, el rey del fútbol

40 pp. | HarperCollins/Rayo | January, 2009 | Trade ISBN 978-0-06-122779-0 $17.99
(3) K-3 Translated by Fernando Gayesky. Illustrated by Rudy Gutiérrez. In poetic bilingual prose, the text encapsulates the Brazilian soccer star's life in a way that goes straight to the essence of Pelé's enormous appeal. The story's climax is the scoring of his thousandth goal. Energetic color- and pattern-filled illustrations flow like the arc of a soccer ball cutting through the air. An author's note tells more about Pelé's later life.
Reviewer: Tim Wadham

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