The Mighty Dynamo
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Publisher Description
Noah's dream is to become a professional footballer and the School's World Cup qualifying tournament might just be his ticket to getting signed up. He's definitely the best player in school but when he's banned from the team for a fight he didn't start, all Noah's dreams come crashing down.
With the help of his best friend Stevie and some very unlikely new teammates, Noah is determined to make it - even if that does mean playing for St Mary's School for Girls'!
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Twelve-year-old Noah Murphy lives for soccer, but when his father takes a much-needed job in Australia, continents away from their tiny Irish town of Carraig Cruach, Noah wonders if playing professional soccer might be the only way to save his family. With the Schools' World Cup and his opportunity to be scouted weeks away, Noah is devastated when he is banned from his school's team for a fight he didn't start. Aided by best friend Stevie, Noah recruits a colorful new team of players whose skills are questionable but whose enthusiasm abounds. The initial chapters of Irish author Crowley's novel are sluggish as he introduces many characters and sets up a complicated plot, but the story picks up once Noah's new team is assembled. Moments of hilarity abound both on and off the field, and sports fans will enjoy the action-packed gameplay. After getting to know this lovable team of underdogs (Crowley also provides some outrageously awful antagonists), readers will be all in for the crescendo of the final showdown. Ages 9 13. This review has been corrected. A previous version mistakenly identified Crowley as an adult fiction writer making his children's book debut.
