Now is the time for running
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When soldiers attack a small village in Zimbabwe, Deo goes on the run with Innocent, his older, mentally disabled brother, carrying little but a leather soccer ball filled with money, and after facing prejudice, poverty, and tragedy, it is in soccer that Deo finds renewed hope.
FictionBrothersBlacksSurvivalPeople with mental disabilitiesHomeless personsSoccerRefugeesSoccer storiesJuvenile fictionMentally handicappedReading Level-Grade 9