Olympic medalist Alex Morgan to write young adult series

Alex Morgan, soccer star on the US Olympic team will write a soccer series targeted at middle school girls.?

By Elizabeth Drake / August 21, 2012

Alex Morgan says she hopes to ?inspire young girls? with a middle-school-age trilogy about four soccer-loving girls. Photo: Japan's Azusa Iwashimizu (L) fights for the ball against Alex Morgan of the U.S (R). By Mike Blake/Reuters.

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Olympic gold medalist, and key player on the US Olympic soccer team, Alex Morgan, has signed a contract with Simon & Schuster to write a trilogy for middle schoolers entitled ?Three Kicks.? ?

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The first installment will be released summer 2013. The series will center on the friendship of four middle school, soccer-loving girls. Editor Kristin Ostby says that the series should display how ?sports are such an integral part of girls? lives ??as much as friends and boys.?

According to?Publisher?s Weekly, the idea for the series was brought to Simon & Schuster soon after Morgan scored the winning goal against Canada during the semi-finals. She is reported to have said that she wanted her series to ?inspire young girls? and ?celebrate? her passion for soccer.

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