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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data • Cline-Ransome, Lesa. • Young Pelé : soccer’s first star / Lesa Cline-Ransome ; illustrated by James E. Ransome. — 1st ed. • p. cm. • eBook ISBN: 978-0-307-98357-2 • Trade Paperback ISBN: 978-0-375-83599-5 • 1. Pelé, 1940–—Juvenile literature. 2. Soccer players—Brazil—Biography—Juvenile literature. I. Ransome, James, ill. II. Title. • GV942.7.P42C55 2007b • 796.334092—dc22 • [B] • 2006030840

The illustrations are rendered in oil paint.

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