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    Finals Fever
    Finals Fever
    Finals Fever
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    Finals Fever

    By Sam Kerr, Fiona Harris and Aki Fukuoka

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    Australian Matildas and World Cup superstar Sam Kerr teams up with Aki Fukuoka to bring young readers this fun and inspiring illustrated series about soccer, school, sport, friendship, dealing with bullies and following your dreams.
      
    Sam Kerr has only been playing soccer for a few months and now her team is playing in the finals! She can’t believe it! But when her best friend, Dylan, is appointed team captain, Sam is worried that his shyness might get in the way. Together with her other bestie, Indi, they must find a way to help him overcome his nerves.
     
    Meanwhile, Sam has become friends with her new neighbours Jake and Will. But strange things start happening: she loses her new water bottle, her soccer boots go missing, and her dog, Penny, disappears from the garden.
     
    Sam has had enough! It’s time to get to the bottom of the mystery in the midst of preparing for her finals match. It’s not always easy being a soccer superstar!
     
    ‘A fun book packed with cool illustrations. It follows themes of family and perseverance that will totes leave you feeling inspired!’ Total Girl on The Flip Out
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherSimon & Schuster Australia
    Release dateSep 7, 2022
    ISBN9781761100956
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    Sam Kerr

    Sam Kerr is the captain of the Australian women’s national soccer team – the Matildas – and a leading goal scorer for Chelsea in the English FA Women’s Super League. She burst onto the W-League scene as a fifteen-year-old playing with Perth Glory. In 2016, she played for the Matildas at the Olympics in Brazil, and she was the top goal scorer in the 2017 Tournament of Nations. Since joining Chelsea in 2019, Sam has positioned herself as one of the best female strikers in the world. She was named 2018 Young Australian of the Year. In 2021, Sam became the Matildas all-time top goal scorer at the Tokyo Olympics, and in 2023, helped the Matildas achieve their best-ever result at a Women’s World Cup. IG: @samanthakerr20; @samkerrfootball

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      Book preview

      Finals Fever - Sam Kerr

      Cover: Finals Fever: Sam Kerr: Kicking Goals #4, by Sam Kerr and Fiona Harris, illustrated by Aki Fukuoka

      Sam Kerr

      Kicking Goals

      Finals Fever

      Hi,

      Sam Kerr here, captain of the Matildas and striker for Chelsea FC.

      I hope you have enjoyed The Flip Out, A New Knight and Sports Day, the first three books in my new series, which tells how I took up playing soccer after I wasn’t allowed to play AFL anymore, and how, after a rough start, I have settled into playing soccer for the Knights. And now we’re playing in the finals!

      The Kicking Goals series follows my story from a soccer newbie to a skilled striker. In these books, I share my experiences and challenges on and off the pitch, and I can’t wait to share my journey with you.

      I hope you love them as much as I do!

      Sam

      Finals Fever: Sam Kerr: Kicking Goals #4, by Sam Kerr and Fiona Harris, illustrated by Aki Fukuoka, S&S Australia

      CHAPTER ONE

      MY HOUSE

      SATURDAY

      5.30 pm

      ‘Oh, look!’ Maddi says, pointing out the window. ‘They must be our new neighbours!’

      As Dad turns into our driveway, we all turn to look at the family standing on the front lawn of the house next door. The Harris family moved out a few months ago and a SOLD sign went up out the front of the house a few weeks later. We’ve been waiting to find out who our new neighbours will be and there they are! A woman, a man and two boys – one who looks my age and the other a few years younger.

      ‘Let’s go and say hello,’ Mum says, unclipping her seatbelt.

      ‘But I need to have a shower!’ I groan.

      ‘You can say that again,’ Maddi says, screwing up her nose.

      We went straight from today’s game against the All-Stars to our coach Ted’s house for a BBQ to celebrate our epic win so, yeah, I’m not smelling my best right now.

      Mum turns in her seat to look at me. ‘Say hello first, Sam. Then you can have a shower.’

      ‘Do I have to go over, too?’ Levi grumbles.

      ‘Yes, you do,’ Dad says. ‘It’s the neighbourly thing to do.’

      The four of us step out of the car and walk across the driveway that separates our two houses. Mum lifts a hand to wave as we approach them.

      ‘Hello,’ she chirps in her friendliest voice. ‘You must be our new neighbours!’

      The woman smiles. ‘Oh yes, hello!’ she says.

      ‘I’m Roxanne,’ Mum says. ‘This is my husband, Roger, and our kids, Sam, Levi and Maddi.’

      ‘Lovely to meet you all,’ the woman says. ‘I’m Lucy. This is my husband, Spike, and our boys, Jake and Will.’

      Both boys are small and have messy brown hair that flops down over their eyes. The smallest one keeps pushing it back behind his ear, but it just falls forward onto his face again.

      ‘They’re starting at the school down the road,’ Lucy continues. ‘Will is in Grade Three and Jake in Grade Six.’

      ‘That’s the school where Sam goes,’ Dad says, jerking his head at me. ‘She’s in Grade Six, too.’

      ‘Oh, wonderful,’ Lucy says. ‘We’ve just moved from Melbourne so the boys don’t know anyone here yet.’

      I smile at Jake. ‘I can show you around on Monday if you want?’

      ‘Okay, thanks,’ Jake says with a grin.

      ‘I’m going there, too,’ Will says loudly.

      I grin. ‘I can show you around too, Will.’

      ‘Okay,’ he shrugs. ‘Cool.’

      ‘Do you play soccer, Sam?’ Lucy asks, nodding at my uniform.

      ‘Yep,’ I say. ‘With the Knights. Our home ground is at Bruce Lee Oval, just down the road.’

      ‘Her team won today,’ Maddi says. ‘It looked like it was going to be a draw but then Sam did her ambidextrous feet thing and tricked the opposition. She kicked the winning goal, which means the Knights are playing in the semi-final and if they win that game, they play in the grand final!’

      I stare at Maddi, amazed. I had no idea she was paying so much attention to the game. Maddi isn’t exactly what you’d call a soccer fan, so I thought she was just doing the ‘good sister’ thing by coming to watch me play. I’m so flattered that I decide not to tell her that in soccer it’s called a ‘final’ not a ‘grand final’. One step at a time!

      I’m not the only one who’s shocked. Dad arches one eyebrow at Mum and Levi makes a sound that’s halfway between a snort and a laugh.

      ‘What?’ Maddi says, seeing our expressions. ‘I do watch, you know! It was exciting!’

      She’s right. It was SO exciting. Even though the game finished hours ago my buzz still hasn’t worn off. Our team played so hard to get into the finals and we did it!

      Afterwards at Ted’s, we couldn’t stop talking about the match. We replayed our favourite moments as we sat around the table, cramming Cheezels and potato chips into our mouths.

      ‘How about when Chelsea dodged around that All-Stars player and sliced the ball to James?’ Archie said.

      ‘Oh yeah, that was wicked!’ Toby agreed.

      ‘And that goal, James!’ Ky shrieked. ‘BOOM! Straight into the back corner!’

      ‘Liam, you were on fire today!’ I added.

      ‘But your goal was the best, Sam!’ Cooper said.

      Okay, I’m not gonna lie… it was an epic goal. But it was definitely a team effort. Chelsea

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