Boulder, CO: Velo Press, (2008) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - A title in the Barnsville Sports Squad series. Shawn Sheep's favorite soccer star is Paul Peacock, known for his strutting and trash-talking attitude on the field, and Shawn starts to copy him and act as if he were "the Best." When he gets thrown out of the game for arguing with the referee, the coach tells him he won't be allowed to play in the finals. Later, however, Shawn sees his hero act like a jerk in the restaurant and he learns that friendship and civility are what matters. Illustrated by Sarah Davis. Includes some end pages with brief descriptions of soccer positions and ball handling. SIGNED on the title page by the author, Erin Mirabella, with the notation "'"00, 04 Olympic team" (as a track cyclist) and dated in the year of publication. Laid in is a promotional postcard and the publisher's catalog which devotes a full page to this book. Large format unpaginated. ISBN: 978-1934030165.