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The Floating Field: How a Group of Thai Boys Built Their Own Soccer Field<\/em>
\nby Scott Riley (Author), Nguyen Quang (Illustrator), and Kim Lien (Illustrator)
\n@ Amazon<\/a> | Bookshop<\/a> | IndieBound<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

Booktalk:<\/strong> After watching the World Cup on television, a group of Thai boys is inspired to form their own team. But on the island of Koh Panyee, in a village built on stilts, there is no open space. The boys can play only twice a month on a sandbar when the tide is low enough. Everything changes when the teens join together to build their very own floating soccer field.<\/p>\n

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The Floating Field: How a Group of Thai Boys Built Their Own Soccer Field by Scott Riley (Author), Nguyen Quang (Illustrator), and Kim Lien (Illustrator) @ Amazon | Bookshop | IndieBound Booktalk: After watching the World Cup on television, a group of Thai boys is inspired to form their own team. But on the island … <\/p>\n

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