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Soccer Superstar
Lionel Messi
by Jon M. Fishman
LERNER PUBLICATIONS MINNEAPOLIS
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Note to Educators:
Throughout this book, youll find critical-thinking questions. These can be used to engage young
readers in thinking critically about the topic and in using the text and photos to do so.
Copyright 2020 by Lerner Publishing Group, Inc.
All rights reserved. International copyright secured. No part of this book may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval
system, or transmitted in any form or by any meanselectronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or
otherwisewithout the prior written permission of Lerner Publishing Group, Inc., except for the inclusion of brief
quotations in an acknowledged review.
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Names: Fishman, Jon M., author
Title: Soccer superstar Lionel Messi / by Jon M. Fishman.
Description: Minneapolis : Lerner Publications, [2020] | Series: Bumba books. Sports superstars | Includes
bibliographical references and index. | Audience: Age 47. | Audience: K to Grade 3.
Identifiers: LCCN 2018050532 (print) | LCCN 2018055011 (ebook) | ISBN 9781541576759 (eb pdf) |
ISBN 9781541576735 (lib) | ISBN 9781541576742 (pbk)
Subjects: LCSH: Messi, Lionel, 1987 Juvenile literature. | Soccer playersArgentinaBiographyJuvenile
literature.
Classification: LCC GV942.7.M398 (ebook) | LCC GV942.7.M398 F574 2020 (print) | DDC 796.334092 [B]dc23
LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2018050532
Manufactured in the United States of America
1-46631-47629-1/14/2019
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Table of
Contents
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Soccer Hero
Lionel Messi kicks the soccer ball.
Goal! He is a soccer superstar.
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Lionel plays for the soccer team Barcelona.
The teams home is in Spain.
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Lionel grew up in Argentina.
He began playing soccer as
a young boy.
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