The Crooked Path to Victory

Book excerpt: Winning is awesome, but is it worth achieving at any cost? That's just what ten-year-old Geri Martile will have to find out. Geri is excited For The upcoming soccer season, even more so when she learns she and her best friend, Yvonne, are going to be the co-captains of the Bayside Blasters. Geri is determined to be the best, and she is sure that things on the team need to change if they are going to win the big championship game against the Clayton Canyon Cannonballs. Soon she is telling the girls they shouldn't goof off at practice and that they should do homework at lunchtime so they'll have more time to practice, because they have to win. As Geri begins to belittle her teammates For The smallest mistakes and lose their respect, Yvonne tries to reach out, but Geri just thinks Yvonne doesn't want to win. Geri's bad attitude leads her down the Crooked Path to Victory, which she will discover isn't fun to follow alone. Will she ever learn the true meaning of victory?