Soccer Mania ( Nancy Clancy) - by Jane O'Connor (Hardcover)

About the Book

As her third-grade class makes its selections for the "Graveyard of Boring Words" and learns about "superb synonyms," slow-footed Nancy enthusiastically plays on the soccer team, with the goal of just being mediocre, or maybe even a little better than average.

Book Synopsis

Nancy Clancy hits the soccer field in New York Times bestselling team Jane O'Connor and Robin Preiss Glasser's sixth Nancy Clancy chapter book.

Normally, Nancy doesn't like dressing like everyone else. But wearing a soccer team uniform--well, that's different!

Nancy adores being on the Green Goblins. She loves cheering for her teammates, sharing refreshments, and painting her fingernails bright green before every game. If only she wasn't cursed with slow legs! All Nancy wants is to be mediocre--or maybe even a little better than average. Will she reach her goal?

Written with plenty of humor and sports action, this story is perfect for kids like Nancy who aren't the stars of their teams.

From the Back Cover

Nancy Clancy loves playing on her soccer team, the Green Goblins. Even though she's not the best player on the team, she's happy just being average--after all, it's her goal to be mediocre. But in the last game of the season, with only a few minutes left on the clock, a surprising encounter on the field causes Nancy to make an incredible play. Will Nancy help bring the Green Goblins to victory and prove, against all odds, that maybe she's not such a bad player?