Juan was just twelve years old and lived in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Brazil is known as the largest country in South America and also the spiritual home of football or soccer.
Juan knew that many great football players lived and grew up in his homeland. One of the greatest players to have ever played the game is Pele also known as Edson Arantes do Nascimento. Juan often looked up to those players and aspired to be like them. Juan lived with his mother and three siblings.
His sibling Matilde was the youngest and she was just six-years-old. Carolina and Gustavo were twins and they were nine-years-old respectively.
Their home wasn’t that up to standard and it held up just because they believed God used his big hands to keep it up.
It was Tuesday and Juan came home from school.
“Tudo bem com você?” his mother said to him in Portuguese. This meant: “Is everything alright?” in English.
Juan looked at her and replied, “Acho que sim.”
This meant in English, “I think so.” His mother had just finished taking up some of the clothes since it was just 2:30 p.m. and was about to prepare dinner.
The streets of Rio De Janiero was busy as usual. Cars honked and people traversed the area each and every day.
Juan went to his room and did his math homework. He hated math but loved Portuguese and English. He loved soccer or football as it was known around Brazil. After he finished his algebra he headed downstairs for his dinner. Dinner was good to him as usual.
‘It’s night already?’ he said to himself. Normally in the evenings when he reached home he would kick his soccer ball. The ball wasn’t in a good condition due to how long he had it. He had it from the fourth grade and it was now time for a new one. To get a soccer ball was easy but to pay for it cost a lot. The “real footballs” as they were known cost a few hundred Brazilian Reais. ‘One, two, three...20,’ he would count the little he saved for the past few weeks. He needed another 500 Reais which seemed like an eternity away.
Genre: JUVENILE FICTION / Sports & Recreation / SoccerThe book has been published on Draft2Digital outlets since 2018.
Juan was just twelve years old and lived in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Brazil is known as the largest country in South America and also the spiritual home of football or soccer.
Juan knew that many great football players lived and grew up in his homeland. One of the greatest players to have ever played the game is Pele also known as Edson Arantes do Nascimento. Juan often looked up to those players and aspired to be like them. Juan lived with his mother and three siblings.
His sibling Matilde was the youngest and she was just six-years-old. Carolina and Gustavo were twins and they were nine-years-old respectively.
Their home wasn’t that up to standard and it held up just because they believed God used his big hands to keep it up.
It was Tuesday and Juan came home from school.
“Tudo bem com você?” his mother said to him in Portuguese. This meant: “Is everything alright?” in English.
Juan looked at her and replied, “Acho que sim.”
