One Goal is about so much more than sports. The coach of the Blue Devils, Mike McGraw, is the kind of man you wish your own kids could learn from- and he teaches a lot more than soccer. The vibrant, colorful and courageous characters will make you smile.

' One Goal has made me feel optimistic about the country I live in. Taking readers behind the tumult of this controversial team - and onto the pitch where the teammates vied to become state champions and achieved a vital sense of understanding - One Goal is a timely story about overcoming the prejudices that divide us. While scandal threatened to subsume the town, its high school's soccer coach integrated Somali kids onto his team, and their passion began to heal old wounds. Then the mayor wrote a letter asking Somalis to stop coming, which became a national story. When thousands of Somali refugees resettled in Lewiston, Maine, a struggling, overwhelmingly white town, longtime residents grew uneasy. Availability based on publisher status and quantity being ordered.Book Synopsis In the tradition of Friday Night Lights and Outcasts United, One Goal tells the inspiring story of the soccer team in a town bristling with racial tension that united Somali refugees and multi-generation Mainers in their quest for state - and ultimately national - glory.

The book, One Goal: A Coach, a Team, and the Game That Brought a Divided Town Together ISBN# 9780316396554 in Paperback by Amy Bass may be ordered in bulk quantities.

In the tradition of Friday Night Lights and Outcasts United, One Goal tells the inspiring story of the soccer team in a town bristling with racial tension that united Somali refugees and multi-generation Mainers in their quest for state - and ultimately national - glory.

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