Williams, Michael,  1962- <br/><br/>
Now is the time for running / 
Michael Williams. 
 - 1st U.S. pbk. ed. 
 - New York :  Little, Brown,  2013.  �2009 
 - 233 p. ;  21 cm. 
<br/><br/> Originally published as: The billion dollar soccer ball. 
<br/><br/> Wilson's Senior High School, November 2012  School Library Journal, September 2011  Pub Weekly, May 2011  Kirkus Starred, June 2011  Booklist, September 2011  Horn Book, April 2012  Bulletin (Center for Children's books), October 2011  Voice of Youth Advocates (V.O.Y.A.), August 2011  Teacher Librarian, December 2011  Library Media Connection, October 2011 
<br/><br/> 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. 
<br/><br/> Young Adult  Follett School Solutions. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780316077880 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Refugees--Juvenile fiction.<br/>Brothers--Juvenile fiction.<br/>People with mental disabilities--Juvenile fiction.<br/>Survival--Juvenile fiction.<br/>Homeless persons--Juvenile fiction.<br/>Soccer--Juvenile fiction.<br/>Blacks--Zimbabwe--Juvenile fiction.<br/>Refugees--Fiction.<br/>Brothers--Fiction.<br/>People with mental disabilities--Fiction.<br/>Survival--Fiction.<br/>Homeless persons--Fiction.<br/>Soccer--Fiction.<br/>Blacks--Zimbabwe--Fiction.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>Zimbabwe--Juvenile fiction.<br/>Zimbabwe--Fiction.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>PZ7.W66715  / Now 2013 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>[Fic]