Forward: My Story (Young Readers' Edition)

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Called "the soul of the United States team" by the New York Times, legendary soccer star Abby Wambach is the highest-scoring player of all time. In the wake of her team's recent World Cup victory and the news of her impending retirement, Abby has been catapulted into the national spotlight and she's been using this platform to make a difference. Wambach is a fearless female role model for the next generation, and young fans will be drawn to her story, told in her own words. It's a story of passion, of finding her identity, of failure and success-and of course, it's a story about soccer that boils down to one question: With everything that life throws at you, how do you keep moving the ball forward

Abby Wambach is an American soccer player, coach, two-time Olympic gold medalist, FIFA Women's World Cup Champion, and the 2012 FIFA World Player of the Year. A six-time winner of the U.S. Soccer Athlete of the Year award, Wambach has been a regular on the U.S. women's national soccer team since 2003, earning her first cap in 2001. She is the highest all-time scorer for the national team and holds the world record for international goals for both female and male soccer players, with 184 goals. Karen Abbott is the New York Times bestselling author of Sin in the Second City, American Rose, and, most recently, Liar Temptress Soldier Spy, named one of the best books of 2014 by Library Journal, the Christian Science Monitor, Amazon, and Flavorwire, and optioned by Sony for a miniseries. A native of Philadelphia, she now lives in New York City, where she's at work on her next book.