{"product_id":"the-academy-a-middle-grade-soccer-adventure","title":"The Academy: A Middle Grade Soccer Adventure","description":"FROM THE PLAYGROUND TO THE PREMIER LEAGUE.\nNow a New York Times bestselling series! The inspiring, action-packed first book, perfect for young readers 7-13 and sports fans of all ages.\nBorn and raised in a small town, twelve-year-old Leo K. Doyle has never seen the ocean or stepped foot on a plane. But Leo is a star soccer player with big dreams in life.\nRock star, Olympic gold, dragon-slaying dreams.\nWhile Leo longs to make the pros one day, he has no idea how to achieve this goal―until a professional scout pays a chance visit to one of Leo's games and extends an invitation to try out for the London Dragons youth squad, known as the Academy.\nLeo is stunned. The London Dragons isn't just any old soccer team. It's a world-famous English Premier League team. Soon Leo is off to a whole new country, embarking on the greatest adventure of his life. The downside? Only eleven players can make the team.\nEleven out of two hundred of the very best twelve-year-old players on the planet.\nAlong with the grueling competition, Leo must also face a bully intent on torpedoing his summer, a roomie who doesn't know how to have fun, a terrifying camp director, and, most of all, Leo's own lack of formal training and the fear he'll never succeed.\nBy the end of the summer, Leo will become a much better player and forever changed by his experience. But will he be good enough to make the Academy?\nKeep score with the other books in The Academy series: The Academy II: The Journey Continues The Academy III: Tournament of Champions The Academy IV: Title Fight The Academy V: Cup of Nations\u003cbr\u003eASIN: 1464267103\u003cbr\u003eVSKU: DBV.1464267103.G\u003cbr\u003eCondition: Good\u003cbr\u003eAuthor\/Artist:Layton, T.Z.\u003cbr\u003eBinding: Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNote:\u003c\/b\u003e Any images shown are stock photographs and product may differ from what is shown.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Notes\u003c\/b\u003e: Gently used with minimal wear on the corners and cover. A few pages may contain light highlighting or writing, but the text remains fully legible. Dust jacket may be missing, and supplemental materials like CDs or codes may not be included. May be ex-library with library markings. Ships promptly!  \u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Dream Books Co.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41574983925818,"sku":"DBV.1464267103.G","price":8.29,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/6011\/0138\/files\/1464267103-0.jpg?v=1785552474","url":"https:\/\/shop.dreambooksco.com\/products\/the-academy-a-middle-grade-soccer-adventure","provider":"Dream Books Co.","version":"1.0","type":"link"}