Counterattack - The Teresa Rodriguez Soccer Trilogy, #1

All midfielder-extraordinaire Teresa Rodriguez wants to do is win a soccer championship with her best friends and celebrate by dancing on the field. However, when her world comes crashing down when her father is deported, Teresa must learn to juggle family responsibility, team leadership, new friendships and her quest to win. The middle-grade trilogy is about a girl's love of soccer, how family and friendships create unbreakable bonds and how a girl and her teammates overcome obstacles on and off the field. The trilogy - COUNTERATTACK, THE COMEBACK and THE LAST CHANCE - follows Teresa and the Tornadoes from summer before seventh grade to rising ninth graders. It's an exhilarating and inspiring sports story set in our complex and troubled times.

Praise for Counterattack and the Teresa Rodriguez trilogy:

"The Teresa Rodriguez Trilogy hits close to home! Thanks to Aronson for not only demonstrating so much passion for soccer, but giving insight on immigration, hard working parents & the big sisters that give it all for their siblings. Not everyday do we read about these kinds of events. So read about Teresa Rodriguez, you will be inspired & probably cry a little!" - Karla K. Ruiz-Hernandez, South Bronx United, Soccer Coach/Mentor