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  • The Academy

  • The Academy Series, Book 1
  • By: T.Z. Layton
  • Narrated by: James Fouhey
  • Length: 8 hrs and 2 mins
  • 4.9 out of 5 stars (39 ratings)

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The Academy

By: T.Z. Layton
Narrated by: James Fouhey
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FROM THE PLAYGROUND TO THE PREMIER LEAGUE

An inspiring series perfect for young listeners ages eight to 13-years-old, and for sports fans of all ages.

Born and raised in a small town, Leo K. Doyle has never seen the ocean or stepped foot on a plane. But Leo is a star soccer player with big dreams in life.

Rock-star, Olympic gold, dragon-slaying dreams.

While Leo has a pet lizard named Messi and longs to make the pros one day, he has no idea how to achieve this goal—until a professional scout pays a chance visit to one of Leo’s games and extends an invitation to try out for the London Dragons youth squad, known as The Academy.

Leo is stunned. The London Dragons isn’t just any old soccer team. It’s a world-famous English Premier League team.
Soon Leo is off to a whole new country, embarking on the greatest adventure of his life. The downside? Only 11 players can make the team.

Eleven out of 200 of the very best youth players on the planet.

Along with the grueling competition, Leo must also face a bully intent on torpedoing his summer, a roomie who doesn’t know how to have fun, a terrifying camp director, and, most of all, Leo’s own lack of formal training and the fear he’ll never succeed. By the end of the summer, Leo will become a much better player, being forever changed by his experience.

But will he be good enough to make the Academy?

©2022 T.Z. Layton (P)2023 T.Z. Layton
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the skill moves.

I loved the caricatures and abveosly leo. Diego is impressive but leo is better. love jose and Javier.

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I think the academy is the 3rd best book I have ever read it is a detail packed awesome story the character desine

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Perfect book!

The audible reader was perfect! The book was fantastic! We listen to the book as a family traveling around town to games and practices. My kids are 9,7,4 and yes all love soccer!! Highly recommend and they are really hoping the rest of the books will be on audible too so continent for our family!

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This book is amazing, for soccer fans and families

This is one of the best soccer stories the entire family enjoyed. We can't wait to listen to the rest of the series, they are a must-listen for kids and families that enjoy soccer journeys. You will be cheering on Leo on every chapter!

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The ups and downs

Everything was great. The story went from thinking a end to the story to getting a whole new chance

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the world cup

I liked the story and the characters and all the details in the story. it was great

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9 year old loved it!

Easy to read, east to follow the storyline. Great character development. The ending had us cheering, We can’t wait to see what happens to Leo in the second book.

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My son is obsessed…

My 8 year old absolutely loves this whole series. He had the books and read all of them. Now that the first one is on audible he also listens to it at night.

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Just amazing

When you read it at first boom amazing.
It also is amazing it has more books for Leo

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Inspiring soccer story

My son plays soccer competitively and really enjoyed Leo’s journey. Very visual for him as he heard the book. Great read for young boys!

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