Complete Soccer Stories Collection
 

Book Information

  • Series: Lorimer Sports Stories
  • Imprint: James Lorimer & Company Ltd.
  • Publication Date: 24 August 2026
  • Copyright Year: 2026
  • ISBN: 9781459421202
  • Page Count: 4128
  • Dimensions: 5.5" x 8.5"
  • Interest ages: 9-14

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Complete Soccer Stories Collection

30 book soccer set

by Eddie Kawooya, Dirk McLean, Lorna Schultz Nicholson, Jennifer Manuel, David Skuy, David Starr, Camilla Reghelini Rivers, Dawn Hunter, Robert Rayner, Steven Sandor, Sandra Diersch, Beverly Scudamore, Trevor Kew, David Trifunov, John Danakas, Jacqueline Guest, and Michele Martin Bossley

The complete collection of 30 action-packed Canadian soccer stories for girls and boys ages 9–14. Accessible, high-interest novels combine exciting soccer action with diverse characters and relatable themes of friendship, teamwork, identity, resilience, and belonging.

The complete Soccer Stories collection brings together 30 action-packed Canadian novels for girls and boys ages 9–14. Featuring fast-paced soccer action, relatable characters, and stories set in diverse communities across Canada, this collection gives educators and librarians an engaging way to connect reading with a sport kids know and love.

Written by Canadian authors, the stories follow young players as they navigate competition and challenges both on and off the field. Alongside the excitement of the game, readers encounter themes of teamwork, friendship, family, identity, resilience, belonging, and overcoming obstacles.

With high-interest stories, accessible reading levels, and age-appropriate content, the complete 30-book set is an ideal addition to classroom and school libraries and a valuable resource for independent reading.

About the Authors

Eddie Kawooya
Eddie Kawooya
Dirk McLean
Dirk McLean
Lorna Schultz Nicholson
Lorna Schultz Nicholson
Jennifer Manuel
Jennifer Manuel
David Skuy
David Skuy
David Starr
David Starr
Robert Rayner
Robert Rayner
Steven Sandor
Steven Sandor
Sandra Diersch
Sandra Diersch
Beverly Scudamore
Beverly Scudamore
Trevor Kew
Trevor Kew
David Trifunov
David Trifunov
John Danakas
John Danakas
Jacqueline Guest
Jacqueline Guest
Michele Martin Bossley
Michele Martin Bossley

EDDIE KAWOOYA was born in Uganda and raised on three different continents before settling in Canada. His love for writing was inspired by his grandmother's oral stories and folklore of Uganda's ancestral past. As an immigrant to Canada, he is passionate about issues related to race, inclusion and diversity. He lives in Toronto.

DIRK McLEAN is the author of children's picture books, the Lorimer Sports Stories novel Not Out, and Team Fugee. He has also written radio drama and stage plays which have toured southern Ontario elementary schools. Dirk was born in Trinidad & Tobago and now lives in Toronto.

LORNA SCHULTZ NICHOLSON has written picture books, middle grade and YA fiction, and non-fiction. She has also written, produced, and hosted programs for television and radio, and is well known for her sports writing. She lives in Edmonton.

JENNIFER MANUEL was the 2017 winner of the Ethel Wilson Fiction Prize and was named "A Writer to Watch" by the CBC in 2016. Manuel teaches elementary and high school in the traditional territory of the Nuu-chah-nulth peoples where she coaches the youth basketball team. She lives in Duncan, British Columbia.

Subjects (BISAC)

JUVENILE FICTION / Boys & Men, JUVENILE FICTION / Girls & Women, JUVENILE FICTION / Social Themes / Friendship, JUVENILE FICTION / Social Themes / Self-Esteem & Self-Reliance, JUVENILE FICTION / Sports & Recreation / Soccer

Subjects

Juvenile Fiction: Sports: Soccer, Juvenile Fiction: Family, Juvenile Fiction: Friendship, Juvenile Fiction: Realistic Fiction

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