Like a Maccabee
Summary
Days before Hanukkah, ten-year-old Ben's soccer team makes the league championships. Only one thing stands between Ben and the rival team's best defender, a school bully whose favorite sport, other than soccer, is tormenting Ben. No one at home seems to understand. And now he has to share his bedroom with his grandfather, a man he barely knows! Facing humiliation at school and misunderstood by those who love him most, Ben finds an unexpected friend in his grandfather, learning ancient wisdom and steadfast strength, enough for the big game and beyond.
*Midwest Book Award Merit Winner
*A PJ Library selection
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