The Billion Dollar Soccer Ball/Now Is the Time for Running
by Williams, Michael
SurvivalZimbabwe2011 Summer Jr./Sr. HighYALSA Best Fiction for Young AdultsJunior Library Guild SelectionHomelessnessSoccer
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AR Book Level
4.3
AR Points
7
Word Count
52,309
Interest Level
Upper Grades (UG 9-12)
Genre
Fiction
AR Quiz #
146533 EN
About this book
When their village in Zimbabwe is attacked, Deo and his mentally disabled brother go on the run, carrying little but a leather soccer ball filled with money. After facing prejudice, poverty, and tragedy, it is in soccer that Deo finds renewed hope.