9 year-old Obioma is a football star. She uses a special stick to score goals and never loses a race in her wheelchair! But when she moves to a new city, she has to go to a new school where she has no friends, and everyone calls her “the girl with the wheelchair”. Obioma misses playing football most of all, until one day a girl named Ayana asks her to race. Once they start playing football, everyone joins in and Obioma finds a new team to play with!
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- Obioma Plays Football
Obioma Plays Football
Author(s)
Publisher Name
Cassava Republic Press
Age Range
4+
Release Date
August 15, 2023
ISBN13
978-1913175375
ISBN10 or ASIN
Editor review
1 review
Tale of Inclusivity and Friendship
Overall rating
3.3
Plot
3.0
Characters
3.0
Writing Style
3.0
Illustrations/Photos (if applicable)
4.0
Obioma Plays Football is about a girl who loves to play football (Soccer) with her friends. We start the story with a glimpse into her life at school.
It is not clear what country she lives in, but it seems to be Nigeria. This book is offered in the Igbo language as well. The story flows well but I do wonder if the English is translated because some of the events seem choppy.
We follow Obioma as she goes from an inclusive school that has ramps to a school that does not believe girls can play football and does not have accommodations for her wheelchair. Obioma makes friends and finds a way to show her skills resulting in a joyous ending.
Overall, this book tries to show that Obioma is like everyone else and is a story of friendship. It does have some choppy scenes or gets off topic with her thinking she will be in trouble for sneaking into a farm to get fruit only to find out she is moving and only some of the book is about her playing football so the story feels unfocused at times.
It is not clear what country she lives in, but it seems to be Nigeria. This book is offered in the Igbo language as well. The story flows well but I do wonder if the English is translated because some of the events seem choppy.
We follow Obioma as she goes from an inclusive school that has ramps to a school that does not believe girls can play football and does not have accommodations for her wheelchair. Obioma makes friends and finds a way to show her skills resulting in a joyous ending.
Overall, this book tries to show that Obioma is like everyone else and is a story of friendship. It does have some choppy scenes or gets off topic with her thinking she will be in trouble for sneaking into a farm to get fruit only to find out she is moving and only some of the book is about her playing football so the story feels unfocused at times.
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