{"product_id":"9781955804080","title":"The Academy (The Academy Series)","description":"\u003cp\u003eFROM THE PLAYGROUND TO THE PREMIER LEAGUE\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAn inspiring, page-turning series perfect for young readers 7 to 13 years old, and for sports fans of all ages.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBorn and raised in a small town, Leo K. Doyle has never seen the ocean or stepped foot on a plane. But Leo is a star soccer player with big dreams in life.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRock-star, Olympic gold, dragon-slaying dreams.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhile Leo has a pet lizard named Messi and longs to make the pros one day, he has no idea how to achieve his goal—until a professional scout pays a chance visit to one of Leo’s games and extends an invitation to try out for the London Dragons youth squad, known as The Academy.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLeo is stunned. The London Dragons isn’t just any old soccer team. It’s a world-famous English Premier League team. Soon Leo is off to a whole new country, embarking on the greatest adventure of his life. The downside? Only eleven players can make the team.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEleven out of two hundred of the very best youth players on the planet.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAlong with the grueling competition, Leo must also face a bully intent on torpedoing his summer, a roomie who doesn’t know how to have fun, a terrifying camp director, and, most of all, Leo’s own lack of formal training and the fear he’ll never succeed. By the end of the summer, Leo will become a much better player and forever changed by his experience.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut will he be good enough to make the Academy?\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"T.Z. Layton","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":68188362473632,"sku":"9781955804080","price":10.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0582\/8637\/5072\/files\/9781955804080.jpg?v=1793561646","url":"https:\/\/rivendell-books.com\/products\/9781955804080","provider":"Rivendell Books ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}