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The Soccer Star (Billie B. Brown) Paperback – June 16, 2013

by Sally Rippin (Author), Aki Fukuoka (Illustrator)
4.7 4.7 out of 5 stars 66 ratings
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Meet Billie B. Brown, brave, brilliant and bold, and bound to become your best friend! Children will readily relate to this series of stand-alone, everyday adventures, sure to take the early reader scene by storm! Billie wants to play soccer with Jack and his friends, but the other boys won't let her. How can Billie prove that girls can play soccer, too?
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  1. Reading age
    8 - 12 years
  2. Print length
    48 pages
  3. Language
    English
  4. Grade level
    1 - 2
  5. Lexile measure
    490L
  6. Dimensions
    5 x 0.25 x 7.5 inches
  7. Publisher
    Kane Miller Books
  8. Publication date
    June 16, 2013
  9. ISBN-10
    1610670965
  10. ISBN-13
    978-1610670968
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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Kane Miller Books (June 16, 2013)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 48 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1610670965
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1610670968
  • Reading age ‏ : ‎ 8 - 12 years
  • Lexile measure ‏ : ‎ 490L
  • Grade level ‏ : ‎ 1 - 2
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 2.4 ounces
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5 x 0.25 x 7.5 inches
  • Customer Reviews:
    4.7 4.7 out of 5 stars 66 ratings

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4.7 out of 5 stars
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Upstate Grammy
5.0 out of 5 stars The Smile on Her Face was Precious
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This was one of my Granddaughter's Christmas Gifts. She loves to read, and wants to be a "soccer star" when she grows up. She loves the Billie B. Brown series. The shipper was very timely. Gift arrived before expected. I'm happy too!
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Michelle Albonetti
5.0 out of 5 stars Great to work on EQ
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Great kids book to walk them through tough situations and how to reaction. Targeted 5-12 years old.
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Susan Boyd
5.0 out of 5 stars Most satisfied
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Billy Brown books are amazing and my daughter absolutely loves them. This was a wonderful find a very reasonable price. I am most satisfied customer
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5.0 out of 5 stars as stated
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granddaughter loves these, 1st grade
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5.0 out of 5 stars Good for 1st graders
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My daughter loved the book!
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5.0 out of 5 stars Great condition!
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Book was in great condition! My 2nd grader loved it.
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Katie Malan
5.0 out of 5 stars Fun
Reviewed in the United States on October 15, 2019
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Cute book
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Kevron211
1.0 out of 5 stars Contains Outdated, Sexist Messages
Reviewed in the United States on July 8, 2020
This book was written in 2010, but it reads like something somebody in the 1950s would have seen as progressive.

The story hinges on the idea that two boys are excluding Billie from soccer because they say girls can't play soccer. This is a tired, cliché conflict that ends up with a tired, cliché resolution, but we can give a kid's book a pass on being cliché.

The real problems start when Billie asks some other girls about soccer, and they reinforce the sexism by agreeing that girls can't play soccer (by the way, approximately 0% of actual elementary schoolers in the 21st century view soccer as a gendered sport). Having the other girl characters buy into this idea actually makes it seem like the story itself agrees that most girls can't play soccer, but Billie just happens to be special.

The worst part of the book comes at the end. After Billie has disguised herself as a boy and beaten the mean boys at soccer (because if she wasn't actually better than them their point would apparently stand), she explains that Jack, her friend that is a boy, taught her how to play soccer. So, after all these misguided, poorly-executed attempts to set up a simple story disproving a sexist idea, the story ends up reinforcing the idea by saying Billie couldn't play until a boy taught her how.

Do your daughter a favor and skip this one.
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Parul Sharma
5.0 out of 5 stars Good condition
Reviewed in India on November 18, 2020
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Book received in good form, great book
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