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With the Women's World Cup coming to Southern California, everyone is soccer-crazy -- especially Mia Tang! The U.S. is playing China, and Mia feels like her two identities are finally coming together. Less exciting, though? Her P.E. teacher wants Mia to get out on the soccer field, too -- or fall short of the grade she needs to earn a spot at journalism camp. But Mia is ready with a plan: she'll track down the two women's teams, interview them, and write an article for P.E. instead! It's not so easy, though, finding professional athletes in Pasadena. She'll have to face prejudice, discrimination, and her own fears, but if anyone can find a way to win, it's Mia Tang
Kelly Yang
Kelly Yang is the New York Times bestselling author of Front Desk, Three Keys, and Room to Dream and is the winner of the Asian/Pacific American Award for Children’s Literature. She went to college at age thirteen and is a graduate of the University of California, Berkeley and Harvard Law School. She is the founder of the Kelly Yang Project, a leading writing and debating program for children in Asia. She lived in Hong Kong for fifteen years, where she taught many parachutes and was a columnist for the South China Morning Post. Her writing has also been published in the New York Times, the Washington Post, and the Atlantic. Kelly currently lives in Los Angeles with her family. Please find her online at www.kellyyang.com. Parachutes is her YA debut.
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