Epic Athletes: Lionel Messi
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Renowned sports journalist Dan Wetzel shoots and scores with Epic Athletes: Lionel Messi, an inspiring biography for young listeners of a soccer great who rose from an underdog to a champion!
Lionel Messi has taken the soccer world by storm. He scored the most goals in a season. Heâs racked up championships. There was even a statue built in his honor. Despite the accolades, heâs still hungry for more goals, more championships, more opportunities to shine on the soccer pitch. Messiâs drive to succeed has motivated him ever since he first stepped on his local, worn-down field as a kid.
Yet his success didnât come without bumps in the road. Diagnosed with a career-threatening medical condition at ten, Messi refused to give up on his dream and went on to amass one of the greatest careers in sports history. Filled with sports action, this thrilling biography details the rise of a living soccer legend.
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New York Times bestselling author Dan Wetzel has been a Yahoo! Sports national columnist since 2003. Heâs covered events and stories around the globe, including college football, the NFL, the MLB, the NHL, the NBA, the UFC, the World Cup, and the Olympics. For years heâs been called Americaâs best sports columnist, appeared repeatedly in the prestigious Best American Sports Writing, been honored more than a dozen times by the Associated Press Sports Editors, and was inducted into the U.S. Basketball Writers Hall of Fame. Follow him on Twitter @DanWetzel.
Bernardo de Paula has played in voice-over roles in cartoons, television, movies, video games, and more.
