When twelve-year-old Arcady is sent to a children’s home after his parents are declared enemies of the state in Soviet Russia, soccer becomes a way to secure extra rations, respect, and protection but it may also be his way out if he can believe in and love another person–and himself.
- ISBN: 9780805098440
- Published: 2014 , Henry Holt
- Themes: Orphans, Soccer, Soviet Union, Survival
- Descriptors: Historical Fiction, Intermediate (ages 9-14), Russia
- No. of pages: 234