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Outcasts united : the story of a refugee soccer team that changed a town

St. John, Warren, author

2013

Overview

Clarkston, Georgia, was a typical southern town until it became a refugee resettlement center. Luma Mufleh, a young Jordanian woman educated in the United States and working as a coach for private youth soccer teams in Atlanta, was out for a drive one day and ended up in Clarkston. She was pleasantly surprised by the ethnic restaurants and by the sight of women wearing the hijab. Most of all, she was amazed and delighted to see young boys, black and brown and white, some barefoot, playing soccer on every flat surface they could find. Luma decided to quit her job, move to Clarkston, and start a soccer team. This was where she needed to be, and this was where she made a huge difference in the lives of the Fugees and the small Southern town they came to call home.--From publisher description.

• Publisher: Ember
• Subject: Mufleh, Luma Juvenile literature. / Mufleh, Luma. / Soccer coaches Georgia Clarkston Biography Juvenile literature. / Refugee children Juvenile literature. / Refugees Africa Juvenile literature. / Soccer coaches Biography. / Refugee children. / Refugees Africa. / Refugees. / Soccer coaches. / Africa. / Georgia Clarkston.
• ISBN: 9780385741958, 0385741952

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Call Number	Copies	Material	Location
GV942.7.L86 2013	1	BOOK	YOUNG