Twelve-year-old Nick loves soccer and hates books, but soon learns the power of words as he wrestles with problems at home, stands up to a bully, and tries to impress the girl of his dreams.

Shô and Tatsuya attempt to overcome their quarrel about Tatsuya and his father, but their still in the middle of a game against Rakuyô. Josui can tie it up if they can manage a victory in the PK shootout.ô

Josui has made it to the district finals, and Shô and the others decide to go scout their soon-to-be opponent Hiba. When they go to scout Hiba, they end up in an informal game with the key players testing one another's strengths.

Shô uses a new technique in the match that will determine the roster for the special select team. Will it be enough, along with his drive and spirit, to win the match?

Thirteen-year-old twin basketball stars Josh and Jordan wrestle with highs and lows on and off the court as their father ignores his declining health.

Carlos Ramirez has always been the Strikers' best scorer. But the state's best team is coming to town, and Carlos hears that he'll have a very special fan in the stands. His uncle, a professional soccer player, will be watching his nephew's every move during the Strikers' biggest game of the year. As the pressure begins to set in, Carlos struggles to even hit the ball. Everyone has seen that Carlos is a gifted athlete, but noone knows whether he'll...

Thirteen-year-old Franco dreams of playing professional soccer, but the team in his new school is terrible, and nobody on the team, including the coach, seems to care--Franco has always been a pass-first, team-first player, but persuading this bunch of ball-hogs to play the right way may be more than he can handle.

"When Joey joins the school soccer team, he finally begins to feel like a normal kid, especially since he doesn't need to use his food-fueled superpowers to score goals. All that changes with the star players of a rival team - two terrible twins who excel at cheating! If Joey used his superpowers, he could teach the twins a lesson. But that would be cheating... wouldn't it?" -- from publisher's web site.