Young Pele: Soccer's First Star Feeling left out of the

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in this anthology Glory Edim has created a space in which black women’s writing and knowledge and life experiences are lifted up

the 1968 Rodney riots

Young Pele: Soccer's First Star Feeling left out of theHow did a poor boy named Edsonwho kicked rocks down roads and dribbled balls made from ragsgo on to become Pel, the greatest soccer player of all time? While other kids memorized letters, Edson memorized the scores of soccer matches. And when Edson finally played in a youth soccer tournament in the town of Bauru, Brazil, he focused on only one thing from the moment the whistle blew: the goal. Here is the picture book biography of the boy who overcame