Vee Caught Offside
by Andrea Montalbano
Vee Merino is a Soccer Sister. But she's not sure what that means anymore.As the youngest member of the elite Brookville Bombers soccer team, Vee's feeling crazy out of place. She attends a different school, couldn't care less about the other girls' stupid winter dance, and doesn't get why all of a sudden her teammates can't talk about anything except guys. What about soccer – and the Soccer Sisters Code? When the Bombers play a match against El Fuego, a team from Vee's school, she gets a taste for another type of belonging—and starts to wonder if the mean words of fellow Bomber Olivia, who wants her off the squad, are true. Is her time with the Bombers up? Is Vee offside, destined to be the odd girl out? And should she quit while she's ahead—even if it costs her team the indoor soccer championship?