Like a Maccabee

Like a Maccabee by Bietz, Barbara. hardcover edition. ISBN: 9781592871360.

Days before Hanukkah, ten-year-old Bens soccer team makes the league championships. Only one thing stands between Ben and victory: the rival teams best defender, a school bully whose favorite sport, other than soccer, is tormenting Ben. No one at home seems to understand. And now he has to share his bedroom with his grandfather, a man he barely knows! Facing humiliation at school and misunderstood by those who love him most, Ben finds an unexpected friend in his grandfather, learning ancient wisdom and steadfast strength, enough for the big game and beyond. *Midwest Book Award Merit Winner *A PJ Library selection