{"product_id":"a-home-on-the-field-how-one-championship-team-inspires-hope-for-the-revival-of-small-town-america-9780061120282","title":"A Home on the Field: How One Championship Team Inspires Hope for the Revival of Small Town America","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eA Home on the Field\u003c\/em\u003e is about faith, loyalty, and trust. It is a parable in the tradition of \u003cem\u003eStand and Deliver\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eHoosiers\u003c\/em\u003e--a story of one team and their accidental coach who became certain heroes to the whole community.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor the past ten years, Siler City, North Carolina, has been at the front lines of immigration in the interior portion of the United States. Like a number of small Southern towns, workers come from traditional Latino enclaves across the United States, as well as from Latin American countries, to work in what is considered the home of industrial-scale poultry processing. At enormous risk, these people have come with the hope of a better life and a chance to realize their portion of the American Dream. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut it isn't always easy. Assimilation into the South is fraught with struggles, and in no place is this more poignant than in the schools. When Paul Cuadros packed his bags and moved south to study the impact of the burgeoning Latino community, he encountered a culture clash between the long-time residents and the newcomers that eventually boiled over into an anti-immigrant rally featuring former Klansman David Duke. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt became Paul's goal to show the growing numbers of Latino youth that their lives could be more than the cutting line at the poultry plants, that finishing high school and heading to college could be a reality. He needed to find something that the boys could commit to passionately, knowing that devotion to something bigger than them would be the key to helping the boys find where they fit in the world. The answer was soccer. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut Siler City, like so many other small rural communities, was a football town, and long-time residents saw soccer as a foreign sport and yet another accommodation to the newcomers. After an uphill battle, the Jets soccer team at Jordan-Matthews High School was born. Suffering setbacks and heartbreak, the majority Latino team, in only three seasons and against all odds, emerged poised to win the state championship. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Paul Cuadros\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Dey Street Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/16\/2007\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 320\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.55lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.01h x 5.25w x 0.80d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780061120282","brand":"Dey Street Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45156184391817,"sku":"9780061120282","price":18.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0636\/9240\/6921\/files\/img_2e4e183c-44ca-4903-b872-a7663b2c4037.jpg?v=1768295679","url":"https:\/\/sonsanddaughtersbooks.com\/products\/a-home-on-the-field-how-one-championship-team-inspires-hope-for-the-revival-of-small-town-america-9780061120282","provider":"Sons and Daughters Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}