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This book is a work of fiction. Any references to historical events, real people, or real places are used fictitiously. Other names, characters, places, and events are products of the author’s imagination, and any resemblance to actual events or places or persons, living or dead, is entirely coincidental.

Text copyright © 2018 by Full Fathom Five, LLC, and Alex Morgan

Jacket illustration copyright © 2018 by Paula Franco

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The text for this book was set in Berling.

Jacket by Paula Franco

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Names: Morgan, Alex (Alexandra Patricia), 1989- author.

Title: In the zone / Alex Morgan.

Description: First edition. | New York : Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, [2018] | Series: The Kicks | Summary: Devin, a seventh-grader and co-captain of the soccer team, is worried that her friends’ issues will keep them from being “in the zone” while playing.

Identifiers: LCCN 2017006501| ISBN 9781481481533 (hardcover) | ISBN 9781481481557 (ebook)

Subjects: | CYAC: Soccer—Fiction. | Teamwork (Sports)—Fiction. | Self-confidence—Fiction. | Friendship—Fiction. | Middle schools—Fiction. | Schools—Fiction.

Classification: LCC PZ7.M818 In 2018 | DDC [Fic]—dc23

LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2017006501