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With the middle school's athletic program on the chopping block, self-proclaimed jock Tess Munro tries to drum up support for a tax levy. Some of the subplots wrap up a bit too neatly (eighth-grader Tess makes peace with her two antagonists, a bossy cheerleader and her brother's girlfriend), but the soccer scenes, including on-the-field action and on-the-sidelines chatter, play out realistically.