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Never Say Quit: Never Say Quit
Forming a team of their own after the hot-shot soccer teams reject their attempts to join, Justine, Randy, and Brandon create "The Misfits," and come to understand that the first step towards winning is teamwork. Reprint.
- GenresChildrensYoung Adult
192 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 1993
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Bill Wallace
102 books191 followersBill Wallace was an American teacher and later an author of children's books. He started writing to quiet down his fourth grade students, who loved his stories and encouraged him to make “real” books.
Bill Wallace grew up in Oklahoma. Along with riding their horses, he and his friends enjoyed campouts and fishing trips. Toasting marshmallows, telling ghost stories to scare one another, and catching fish was always fun.
Bill Wallace has won numerous children's state awards and been awarded the Arrell Gibson Lifetime Achievement Award for Children's Literature from the Oklahoma Center for the Book.
Bill Wallace died from Lung cancer on January 30, 2012.
Former elementary school teacher; West Elementary School, Chickasha, OK, principal, since 1977, and physical education teacher. Speaker at schools and universities in various states, including State University of New York and University of South Florida.
AWARDS:
Bluebonnet Award from Texas Association of School Librarians and Children's Round Table and Sequoyah Children's Book Award from Oklahoma State Department of Education, both 1983, Central Missouri State University Award for Excellence in Children's Literature, 1984, and Nebraska Golden Sowers Award from Nebraska Library Association, 1985, all for A Dog Called Kitty; Central Missouri State University Award for Excellence in Children's Literature, 1984, and Pine Tree Book Award, 1985, both for Trapped in Death Cave.
Bill Wallace grew up in Oklahoma. Along with riding their horses, he and his friends enjoyed campouts and fishing trips. Toasting marshmallows, telling ghost stories to scare one another, and catching fish was always fun.
Bill Wallace has won numerous children's state awards and been awarded the Arrell Gibson Lifetime Achievement Award for Children's Literature from the Oklahoma Center for the Book.
Bill Wallace died from Lung cancer on January 30, 2012.
Former elementary school teacher; West Elementary School, Chickasha, OK, principal, since 1977, and physical education teacher. Speaker at schools and universities in various states, including State University of New York and University of South Florida.
AWARDS:
Bluebonnet Award from Texas Association of School Librarians and Children's Round Table and Sequoyah Children's Book Award from Oklahoma State Department of Education, both 1983, Central Missouri State University Award for Excellence in Children's Literature, 1984, and Nebraska Golden Sowers Award from Nebraska Library Association, 1985, all for A Dog Called Kitty; Central Missouri State University Award for Excellence in Children's Literature, 1984, and Pine Tree Book Award, 1985, both for Trapped in Death Cave.
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A group of ragtag kids aren't accepted into the regular soccer league. Instead of giving up, they decided to make their own soccer team called The Misfits. They need a coach, of course, and do have a little trouble finding someone. None of their parents are able to help out there. But they eventually have a brilliant idea of asking someone as misfit as themselves, Paul Reiner, who was previously their principal, but after his wife ran away with the preacher, is now the town drunk.
Together they form an unbreakable bond of friendship. They learn that their misfit status isn't something to be ashamed of, that they are more than misfits. They never quit. They become the best versions of themselves. And they are determined to win at their soccer games, regardless of their perceived limitations (such as, one player needs glasses, another has anger management issues, and one player just wants everyone to think she's nice). Together they form a team that is more than a team, they are a family.
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A group of ragtag kids aren't accepted into the regular soccer league. Instead of giving up, they decided to make their own soccer team called The Misfits. They need a coach, of course, and do have a little trouble finding someone. None of their parents are able to help out there. But they eventually have a brilliant idea of asking someone as misfit as themselves, Paul Reiner, who was previously their principal, but after his wife ran away with the preacher, is now the town drunk.
Together they form an unbreakable bond of friendship. They learn that their misfit status isn't something to be ashamed of, that they are more than misfits. They never quit. They become the best versions of themselves. And they are determined to win at their soccer games, regardless of their perceived limitations (such as, one player needs glasses, another has anger management issues, and one player just wants everyone to think she's nice). Together they form a team that is more than a team, they are a family.
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