A Death in Italy by John Follain

A Death in Italy by John Follain

A fantastic series starter about a group of friends and the lessons they learn about friendship, life, and family through their love of the world's most popular sport--soccer

Makena Walsh absolutely loves soccer. She knows it's the best sport around and she feels lucky that the teammates on her super competitive and super skilled team, the Brookville Breakers, feel the same way. The girls always have and always will be Soccer Sisters. But when a new person joins the Breakers, everything changes. Skylar is a great player and really cool--but she also doesn't always play by the rules. Makena, hoping to impress Skylar, starts acting out and running wild, off and on the field.

With a huge tournament looming, Mac's got tough choices ahead. Choices that will affect her family, her friends, and the game she loves. Can she stay true to what the Soccer Sisters believe in and win the big game?

Fans of Alex Morgan's book, The Kicks will love this series by former soccer player, coach, and motivational speaker Andrea Montalbano.

Since 1998, JOHN FOLLAIN has covered Italy for The Sunday Times. A Death in Italy: The Complete History of the Amanda Knox Case, The Last Godfathers, and Zoya's Tale on an Afghan resistance fighter, which has been translated into fourteen languages, are among his past works. For his interview with the Knox family, he was named runner-up for the 2006 Paul Foot Award for Campaigning Journalism and was nominated for the 2008 Magazine Journalism Awards.