Mallory Pugh: Soccer Superstar

By Shane Frederick

As a child, Mallory Pugh would do anything she could to watch soccer, practice soccer, and play soccer. She was soccer obsessed! Not much has changed for Pugh in terms of her passion for soccer. In 2015, she was named the U.S. Soccer Young Female Player of the Year. In 2019, she played for the U.S. team that won the World Cup. Discover more about Pugh's highlights on the field in this thrilling biography in the Stars of Sports series.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Capstone Young Readers
• Release date: Aug 1, 2020
• ISBN: 9781977148438

Shane Frederick

Shane Frederick has been writing about sports since he worked for his high school newspaper in Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin. While covering college hockey and other sports for The Free Press newspaper in Mankato, Minnesota, he has won awards for his stories from the Associated Press, the Society of Professional Journalists and the Minnesota Newspaper Association. He is also the author of several sports books, including "The Best of Everything Hockey Book" and "The Ultimate Guide to Pro Hockey Teams." Shane is a graduate of the University of St. Thomas He and his wife, Sara, have three children and live in Mankato.

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