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Furia

by M

Two lives, one ambition

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Two lives, one ambition

Set in Rosario, Argentina, *Furia* connects Camila Hassan’s private life at home with her identity as a talented soccer player. Her team’s qualification for a South American tournament opens a possible route toward an athletic scholarship at a North American university, but pursuing that goal means confronting her family’s expectations and her father’s abusive behavior. A developing love story is also part of the stakes. Soccer, family pressure, ambition, and growing up come together in a contemporary YA story about the costs and possibilities of claiming a future of one’s own.

Good fit for readers who enjoy

  • Teens and young adults interested in coming-of-age fiction.
  • Readers looking for contemporary YA centered on soccer and athletic ambition.
  • Readers interested in stories about family expectations, abuse, and a developing romance.

Themes

Coming of ageSoccer and ambitionFamily expectationsAbuseRomance

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Book overview

A powerful contemporary YA set in Argentina, about a rising soccer star who must put everything on the line--even her blooming love story--to follow her dreams. Perfect for fans of The Poet X and I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter.

In Rosario, Argentina, Camila Hassan lives a double life.

At home, she is a careful daughter, living within her mother's narrow expectations, in her rising-soccer-star brother's shadow, and under the abusive rule of her short-tempered father.

On the field, she is La Furia, a powerhouse of skill and talent. When her team qualifies for the South American tournament, Camila gets the chance to see just how far those talents can take her. In her wildest dreams, she'd get an athletic scholarship to a North American university.

But the path ahead isn't easy. Her parents don't know about her passion. They wouldn't allow a girl to play f
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