Now is the time for running / Michael Williams.
by Williams, Michael.
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BookPublisher: New York : Little, Brown, 2013; �2009Edition: 1st U.S. pbk. ed.Description: 233 p. ; 21 cm.ISBN: 9780316077880.Uniform titles: Billion dollar soccer ball.Subject(s): Refugees -- Juvenile fiction | Brothers -- Juvenile fiction | People with mental disabilities -- Juvenile fiction | Survival -- Juvenile fiction | Homeless persons -- Juvenile fiction | Soccer -- Juvenile fiction | Blacks -- Zimbabwe -- Juvenile fiction | Zimbabwe -- Juvenile fiction | Refugees -- Fiction | Brothers -- Fiction | People with mental disabilities -- Fiction | Survival -- Fiction | Homeless persons -- Fiction | Soccer -- Fiction | Blacks -- Zimbabwe -- Fiction | Zimbabwe -- FictionDDC classification: [Fic] Summary: When soldiers attack a small village in Zimbabwe, Deo goes on the run with Innocent, his older, mentally disabled brother, carrying little but a leather soccer ball filled with money, and after facing prejudice, poverty, and tragedy, it is in soccer that Deo finds renewed hope.
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Originally published as: The billion dollar soccer ball.
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When soldiers attack a small village in Zimbabwe, Deo goes on the run with Innocent, his older, mentally disabled brother, carrying little but a leather soccer ball filled with money, and after facing prejudice, poverty, and tragedy, it is in soccer that Deo finds renewed hope.
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