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Undergrounders by david skuy5/23/2023 Download a copy of the Free Teacher's Resource Guide for Striker. He has written five books in the Game Time series, three in the Rocket Blues series, as well as the YA novel Undergrounders, winner of the Silver Birch Award. When he finally comes clean to his teammates about his disease and injury from the year before, they encourage him to trust his leg and his skill. What he remembers most is the intensity, the competitiveness, and the sheer enjoyment of playing a sport you love when you’re young. Without being aware of it, Cody has been holding himself back, striking with his left leg instead of his right. At an end-of-season tournament it becomes clear that he and another player, Paulo, are close to being the perfect scoring duo. Cody has no choice now but to play, even if his leg does begin to hurt. But then there's a shakeup in team management and suddenly Cody and the super subs are the only players left. Secretly Cody is relieved, since he hasn't told anyone on the team that he had cancer. Though it's a struggle, Cody tries out for the Lions and makes the team as a "super sub" - one of eleven players who jokingly named themselves that because they're never allowed to play. Last year he had a tumor removed from his leg. Thirteen-year-old Cody is aching to get back onto the pitch.
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