Hat Trick (The Kicks), by Alex Morgan
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The Kicks are dedicated to soccer and to friendship—but can they balance all their goals? Find out in book four in the fun and empowering New York Times bestselling middle grade series from star soccer player and Olympic gold medalist Alex Morgan.Now that playoffs are over, the Kicks won’t be playing together again until the spring. But soccer-crazy Devin can’t imagine a life without soccer! She and her friends decide to try out for a travel team in a very competitive local league, but not everyone makes the cut. Meanwhile, Devin’s little sister, Maisie, wants to try out for her elementary school’s soccer program. But due to budget cuts, the program has been eliminated! The Kicks rally together to help raise money—and volunteer to help with four different projects on the same day! Things get hectic as the girls deal with being on the competitive, tougher team; figuring out how to keep their friendships together as they all go in different directions; and trying to save the elementary school’s soccer program. If they can pull off all three, it will be a true hat trick!
Hat Trick (The Kicks), by Alex Morgan - Amazon Sales Rank: #224193 in Books
- Brand: Morgan, Alex
- Published on: 2015-06-02
- Released on: 2015-06-02
- Original language: English
- Number of items: 1
- Dimensions: 8.25" h x .70" w x 5.50" l, .0 pounds
- Binding: Hardcover
- 128 pages
Hat Trick (The Kicks), by Alex Morgan From School Library Journal Gr 3-7-In this addition to the series by an Olympic gold medalist, the seventh-grade Kicks teammates attempt to make the cut for a more competitive and challenging winter soccer league, problem-solve to save a soccer program for younger kids that's on the line due to budget cuts, and learn what it takes to collaborate and keep friendships intact. α(c) Copyright 2011. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.
About the Author Alex Morgan became the youngest member of the US women’s national soccer team in 2009 and competed in the 2011 FIFA World Cup. She was the first overall pick in the 2011 Women’s Professional Soccer draft and landed a spot on the US Olympic women’s soccer team in 2012. At the 2012 Summer Olympic Games, held in London, Morgan won her first Olympic medal, a gold, with the American team. In 2015, she achieved her lifelong goal of winning a World Cup trophy, in the most-watched soccer match in US history. She now plays for the Orlando Pride in Orlando, Florida.
Excerpt. © Reprinted by permission. All rights reserved. Hat Trick Steven and I went sailing across the screen of Zoe’s laptop, swaying to the music. “Oooooooooooh, Devin,” Jessi said, and poked me in the ribs. “Oooooooooooh, Jessi,” I teased back, pointing at the computer screen as Jessi and Cody came dancing into the camera’s view. Jessi and I were huddled together with Zoe and Emma on Zoe’s bed, watching the video from Zoe’s bat mitzvah the week before. “Oh my gosh!” Emma shrieked. “I think it’s gonna happen now!” All of our eyes widened as we watched the screen, waiting for the moment that we hadn’t been able to stop talking about all week. Jessi and Cody glided among the other dancers, steps away from me and Steven. It was a slow song, and just as it ended, the deejay immediately launched into a fast-paced number by Brady McCoy, a new pop star who had a hit song called “Believe in Me.” As the song started, shrieking filled the air, and Emma burst through the dancers. “This is my jam!” she yelled in the video as she jumped excitedly to the middle of the dance floor. But instead of stopping, she lost her balance. “Whoa!” she yelled, her long, shimmering emerald-green party dress tangling up around her legs. Emma waved her arms wildly in the air for a moment, but nothing could stop her from falling. She toppled over, knocking into Jessi and Cody, who in turn bumped into me and Steven, and we all ended up in a big pile on the floor. Zoe and Frida came running into the frame. “We’ll save you!” Frida cried. But just as they reached us, Jessi and Steven untangled themselves and got to their feet, colliding with the rushing Zoe and Frida. Jessi and Steven went down again, this time with Zoe and Frida toppling too. Lying on the bed, we all shrieked with laughter as we watched ourselves flopping around on the dance floor. In the video, Zoe was laughing so hard she had tears running down her face. We were all hysterical and went into even harder peals of laughter when Zoe’s mom and my mom came up to us on the video, concerned. They tried to help us up, but we were laughing so hard, we couldn’t move. “That was so awesome!” Zoe said as we watched ourselves carrying on. “It’s one of those perfect party moments you can’t plan.” “Perfect party moment?” Emma asked in disbelief. “I thought I had ruined your perfect day!” Zoe shook her head. “No way. Those are the memories I’ll never forget. And I’ll always start laughing when I think about the dance floor pileup!” My own smile turned to a frown. “I wish Frida could be here with us to see it now. She would have loved it. The drama!” “I wonder what’s going on with Frida,” said Jessi. Frida was our actor friend and soccer teammate on the Kentville Kangaroos. We called ourselves the Kicks, and we had just finished a pretty good season of soccer. We all shrugged. Frida could be dramatic, and she had sent a mysterious text this Saturday morning, right before we were all supposed to meet at Zoe’s house. It read: Sorry, but something big is happening. I can’t make it today. And I can’t say why—yet. We’ll talk soon. “You know Frida,” Emma said, smiling. “Maybe aliens ate her homework or she had to save the world from an army of evil wizards.” Frida had started out as a nervous soccer player, until she’d figured out that if she pretended to be someone else on the field, it helped her to calm down and focus. We all helped by coming up with ideas for her. It was always a lot of fun to try to think of different parts for Frida to play. “At least something exciting is happening,” Jessi complained. “With the fall soccer season over and all the planning for Zoe’s bat mitzvah finished, I’ve had too much free time on my hands. I’ve been so bored. I’ve even been looking forward to doing my homework every night.” “That is serious,” I deadpanned, as Emma and Zoe burst out laughing. At one point Jessi had avoided doing her homework so much that her grades had gone down, almost getting her kicked off the Kicks! She’d turned it around and had gotten her grades way up, but we had never heard her say she looked forward to homework before. Jessi laughed along with them. “It’s true.” “I get it,” I said. “I’ve been in serious soccer withdrawal myself.” The Kicks had made it to the first game in the state championship tournament but had lost. We had come so close. I kept going over the game in my head, knowing I could have done things better. I was itching to get back onto a soccer field to put what I had learned to use. But it was only November, and the Kicks wouldn’t play together as a team again until February, when practice would start back up. Suddenly Jessi leaped off the bed. “I’m such an idiot!” she yelled, startling us all. “What are you talking about?” Zoe asked, her eyes wide. “The winter soccer league,” Jessi said, the words coming out in a rush. “I totally forgot. And the tryouts are coming up soon. Maybe we missed them!” “Wait. What?” I asked, my excitement growing. “There’s a soccer team we can play on until the Kicks are back together?” Jessi reached for Zoe’s laptop. “Can I?” she asked, and Zoe nodded and handed it over. Jessi began typing furiously. “You know, Devin, when you first got here, the Kicks were in bad shape. It was just for fun to play on the soccer team. I never thought about playing it seriously, which is why I never really considered the winter league. But now everything has changed!” Jessi squinted at the computer screen. “Got it!” She clicked, and a screen came up for the Gilmore County U14 League. “Tryouts are this Monday! We haven’t missed them.” “Jessi, that’s awesome!” I leaped off the bed and hugged her. We began jumping around the room together. “I’m in too.” Zoe jumped up and joined us. “And me too!” Emma sailed off the bed and collided into us like a bowling ball knocking over pins. Once again we were a pile of people on the floor. After we all managed to stop laughing and get untangled, we sat back on Zoe’s bed. “So Maisie won’t be the only one in the family playing soccer this winter,” I told them. “She joined her elementary school’s program. Her practices start next week.” “Oh, how cute!” Emma said. “Little tiny soccer players.” I rolled my eyes. Sometimes my little sister, Maisie, could be adorable, but mostly she was just annoying. Although, I had to admit she did have some soccer skills. I had kicked around the ball in the backyard with her the other day, and she’d showed the potential for some pretty good footwork. Now I heard a car horn toot outside. I looked at the clock. “That must be my mom,” I said. “Gotta go!” When I walked outside, I smiled as I saw our family’s familiar white van. It had traveled with us when we’d moved from Connecticut to California this past summer. Maisie called it the Marshmallow. As I climbed inside, my phone beeped, letting me know I had a text message. I figured it was Jessi, all excited about the travel team. But instead it was a text from Frida sent to all of us. BIG NEWS! it said, followed by a bunch of emoticons of firecrackers, smiley faces, and clapping hands. We need to video chat ASAP! Wow! I wondered what was going on. Before I could even tell my mom about Frida’s text or the winter soccer league, Maisie let out a wail from the backseat. “Bad news!” she yelled before bursting into tears.
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful. okay, fine, #13 is now also my lucky number By H. Bala Where does Alex Morgan find the time? Anyway, Hat Trick is fourth in her utterly charming middle grade series about The Kicks, nickname of the Kentville Kangaroos soccer team. Months after her family's big move from Connecticut to California, 12-year-old Devin Burke has fully embraced the Cali life. But here's the rub: With the Kicks elimated from the playoffs, soccer season is officially over for Devin and her friends until next spring. That is, until the girls realize that they could sign up for the local winter league. But what happens when Devin and her besties are assigned to different teams? And what's up with Devin's super-strict new coach placing a premium on rough, aggressive, borderline dirty play?The "hat trick" title refers to the three goals that Devin sets out to achieve. And, oboy, she'll need all her talent for problem solving. Can she find a way to bring teamwork to her new, standoffish teammates, the Griffons? How can she make sure that her and her friends' diverging interests and activities don't fracture their friendship? And, lastly, can she figure out a way to resurrect her little sister Maisie's elementary school soccer program which had been cut due to lack of funding?So, I'm the furthest thing from a middle grader, but I really enjoyed The Kicks books, having ripped thru them in two days. And Hat Trick is another swell read. I like what Devin's all about: dedication, teamwork, perseverance, and good sportsmanship. She's such an inspiring leader. I like that she's industrious about making time to maintain her long-distance friendship with Kara, who was her best friend in Connecticut. Even though Devin faces an abundance of obstacles, the writing generates a really positive vibe, and it's mostly because Devin herself is such a positive person. I love how her parents are so supportive, and big ups to Devin's dad for how he constructively resets Devin on the right path when she acts up that one time. The problems - on and off the field - that Morgan introduces in her story are those that young athletes face in real life. She handles the girl drama with finesse. The cool thing about this is that Alex Morgan went thru these same exact experiences, so there's no lacking of credibility there. I kept sniffing around for a ghost writer, but I guess Morgan really is the culprit. She writes in a really entertaining and natural style that just keeps you turning pages. I love the values that she imparts. I love that she's got the storytelling skills to impart them. And since she's a celebrity author (congrats on the FIFA world cup win, you guys!), the hope is she can reach out to a ton of young readers. Me, I'd already pre-ordered her fifth Kicks book (Shaken Up, coming out in September, 2015).And if you're all caught up with the books, you should know that Amazon Studios has greenlit a pilot for The Kicks, and fingers crossed that it gets picked up for an ongoing online series. You should check out the pilot. It's neat, and, like the books, chock full of fun soccer action.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful. Another enjoyable book By Dave My daughter is a reluctant reader, but she has loved this book series! She enjoyed this one very much.
0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. Five Stars By Erik Murawsky My 9-year-old daughter & I love "The Kicks" series and "Hat Trick" might be our favorite.
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