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Ever since William Frousk was three years old his mother, father, and older brother started treating him like a slave. They made him do all the work such as taking out the garbage, cleaning the toilet, doing the dishes, making all their beds. When he was older, his older brother made him do all his homework. He had to scrub the car from top to bottom, and if they found the slightest scratch or anything like that he would have to sleep on the floor for a week.

So you get the point that they made William do basically all the work.

In his free time, which he barely ever got, he worked as a paperboy. He got $5 a week, which he was saving up to buy a soccer ball.

On his last day of school he went to work, and after he got paid he had enough money to buy the soccer ball. He sprinted as fast as he could the whole way to the store. He picked out the one he liked, bought it, and went to the park to play with it.

William had watched the travel team practice many times and picked up a lot of skills from them. This made him a good ball player and now he could actually practice those moves with his ball. He still watched their practices, but now he brought his ball. So if the coach told the team to do a move William tried to do it. He eventually started to master the moves.

One day when the team was having a practice and William was there trying to learn the moves, the coach saw him and asked if he wanted to play on the team.

William said, “Yes except my parents make me do all the work and it might be hard to get to some of the practices and games.”

“Well, maybe you could try to get all the work done if you might miss a game or a practice, but you probably will have to.”

So he accepted.

That night William got the idea that he could work as the paperboy until he had enough money to buy the equipment. Then he would quit, but wouldn’t tell his parents. When he was going out he would tell them he was going to his job as the paperboy, but really he was going to soccer practice. He did this because he knew that his parents would never let him be on the soccer team.

So for weeks and weeks William went to the practices. Finally, it was time for the season to start.

First game: “30 seconds. William gets the ball. With the game tied he beats a defender, dribbles up, and shoots, with 5 seconds he scores.”

At their next practice their coach told them that their next game was an away game. After that practice William told his coach about his situation and how his parents would never drive him to his away games. If they found out that William was on the soccer team, they’d take him off the team. William’s coach came up with a plan that he would drive William to the games in his car.

Second game: “10 seconds left. William’s team throws the ball in. It’s headed backwards towards the goal. William jumps up, he heads it in and they win!”

Last game of the season: “20 seconds to go. Will gets it with ten seconds and the game tied. He scores and they win 2 to 1! They are going to the national championship!”

Now here was a problem. How would William get to the national championship if they were in Florida? Now that night William got the idea that he could just pack his bags and go to the airport with team. William’s parents might find out that he was gone, but he would have to deal with the consequences.

Finally the day came when William’s team was going to the national championship. William got up real early, grabbed all his stuff and left the house. That way his parents would not see him leaving the house and he could get to his coach’s house on time. That way they could get to the airport.

First game of the tournament: “Arsenal 1, shooters 3.”
Game two: “Arsenal 2, Man U 4.”
Game three (win or go home game): “Arsenal 3, Barcelona 2.”

William’s team kept on winning and winning until they reached the elite eight that had some of the best soccer teams in the U.S.

Now Arsenal was on a hot streak lead by William who has ten goals in seven games. “5 seconds to go. William gets fouled. He shoots, and it’s headed by a player on his team. They score! They are going to the final four! 2, 1, 0 and they are going to championship!”

Now for the final! It’s Arsenal versus the heavily favored Chelsea in the Championship match. “It’s ten minutes into the game! They pass to William, their best player. He scores! Later Chelsea’s best player breaks away from an Arsenal defender and he just beats the goalie. Now the score is tied. It remains tied for the rest of regulation and for the whole overtime. The game goes to penalty kicks. William goes up; if he makes the shot they continue if he missed they would lose…

…William shots, he scores!

…Now William is up for the second time. This time if he makes it they will win, and if he misses it, penalty kicks would keep on going.

…He shoots…he scores and they are national champions!!!!

After a great celebration and parades, William went home. His parents had found out that his team won the national championship. They started being nice to him and never treated him badly again. William went on to be an amazing soccer player. He won many league championships and World Cups. William was always compared to Pele as the greatest soccer player of all time. And he lived happily ever after.

THE END

 Africa is My Home is written Monica Edinger.  It is about Sarah Margru Kinson a girl that was on the Amistad.  The book tells the story of the captives on the Amistad, but it is mostly about how Sarah Margru Kinson got back to Africa.  The book has a lot of historical facts. It does not have that many literary devices but when it does use them they are good.  Now this book is a historical fiction book so it’s not going to have as many true facts as a non-fiction book but if you read it you will learn a lot.  One more thing, even though this book is not out yet I suggest you read it when it comes out.  So now you know a little about Africa is My Home by Monica Edinger.