Outcasts United The Story of a Refugee Soccer Team That Changed a Town

Name: Outcasts United The Story of a Refugee Soccer Team That Changed a Town
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ISBN: 9780375990335

ISBN-10: 037599033X

ISBN-13: 9780375990335

Edition: 2012

Authors: Warren St. John

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The extraordinary tale of a refugee youth soccer team and the transformation of a small American townClarkston, Georgia, was a typical Southern town until it was designated a refugee settlement center in the 1990s, becoming the first American home for scores of families in flight from the world’s war zones—from Liberia and Sudan to Iraq and Afghanistan. Suddenly Clarkston’s streets were filled with women wearing the hijab, the smells of cumin and curry, and kids of all colors playing soccer in any open space they could find. The town also became home to Luma Mufleh, an American-educated Jordanian woman who founded a youth soccer team to unify Clarkston’s refugee children and keep them off…

Book details

List price: $23.99
Copyright year: 2012
Publisher: Random House Children's Books
Publication date: 9/11/2012
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 240
Size: 5.75" wide x 8.50" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 0.748
Language: English

Born in Birmingham, Alabama, Warren St John is currently a reporter for the New York Times. He has also written extensively for The New Yorker, the New York Observer and Wired. He studied at Columbia University and lives in New York.