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The Comeback Challenge

by Matt Christopher

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Mark, center for his middle school's soccer team the Scorpions, must cope with his parents' divorce and a teammate who holds a grudge against him.
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At first, Mark hadn't been happy when his parents moved the family to England. England! Where they drive on the wrong side of the road and call apartments "flats." But he quickly discovered something he did like about it -- soccer. He'd been a good player in his old town and his time playing in England only made him better. Good thing too, because his parents are getting a divorce, he's back in the U.S. living with his grandparents. The only thing that might be fun at his new school would be making the soccer team. That would take his mind off the fact that his parents are using him as the rope in a game of tug-of-war. Soccer will give him a place in his new school. He earns a place on the team, but for some reason the captain of the Scorpions seems to dislike Mark. He tries to keep the peace, between his parents and on the soccer field, but one day, Mark's pent up anger comes spilling out all over the soccer field...
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